Curriculum Vitae
EVA FREI
Dr. rer. nat.
Personal
Date of birth: December 4, 1950
Place of birth: Nakuru, Kenia
Academic Education and Appointments
1973
Diploma in biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland
1978
Dr. rer. nat. chemistry (biochemistry), University of Bern, Switzerland
1978 – 1979
Postdoctoral fellow at Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
1980 – 2006
Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Toxicology at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
2006 – 2009
Acting Division Head of Molecular Toxicology at DKFZ, Heidelberg
2009 – 2014
Research Assistant in the Department of Preventive Oncology at DKFZ
Advisory activity
- Ad hoc reviewer of many international scientific journals of toxicology and “drug development and delivery”
- 2006-2014 Contact person at DKFZ for questions in the field of toxicology
Scientific fields of work
- Enzymatic poisoning and detoxification of chemical carcinogens
- Folate metabolism and antifolate in the therapy of cancer and inflammation
- Development of targeted tumor therapeutics and diagnostics by albumin conjugation
Supervision of diploma and doctoral students
- From 1988 to 2016, 15 doctoral students, who were supervised by me, completed their doctorates at various faculties.
- From 1990 to 2005, 8 students completed their diploma/master thesis under my supervision. In addition, 8 trainees completed a research internship in biochemistry/cell biology.