Claudia Vilhena

Cláudia obtained her doctoral degree in Microbiology from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, where she studied pyruvate-sensing two-component systems in Escherichia coli. She then did a 4-year postdoc at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology in Jena, where she investigated surface-exposed proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae using super-resolution microscopy and she also looked into extracellular vesicle formation. After a short experience as an associate editor at Nature Biotechnology, Cláudia started her junior research group at FAU in October 2024. Outside the lab, Cláudia enjoys camping in her van, reading and watching football.