curriculum vitae

Personal Data
Name
Ronny Lorenz
it's me
Date and place of birth
02.07.1979, Leipzig, Germany
Marital status
unmarried
Gender
male
Nationality
german

Contact
Email
ronny@tbi.univie.ac.at
ronny@bioinf.uni-leipzig.de
Skype
SkypeID: raumzeit05

Education and Study
12/07 - today
Phd study, University of Vienna, Institute for Theoretical Chemistry (Applied Theoretical Biochemistry Group)
09/00 - 11/07
Diploma study, University of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science (focus on bioinformatics)
09/99 - 08/00
Diploma study, University of Leipzig, Department of Chemistry (break-off after 2nd semester)
08/90 - 07/98
Final secondary-school examination (Abitur), I. Kant Gymnasium Leipzig, Germany
08/86 - 07/90
primary-school, 4.POS "Amilcar Cabral", Leipzig, Germany

Military Service
11/98 - 08/99
Basic military service

Traineeships and work
09/05 - 10/07
DynaMo project group, University of Leipzig, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE)
10/02 - 12/03
Tutor for practical course "Hardware and Electronic basics", University of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science
08/01 - 10/01
Traineeship, software development for office and workflow management, Graf Solms Investvermittlung

Skills
Programming/Scripting
(hardware close) C, C++, Java, R, PERL, PYTHON, PHP, MySQL, OpenGL, Latex
Webdesign
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Operating Systems
Linux/Unix, Windows, AmigaOS
Languages
German (native), English

Interests & Hobbies
Electronics
Development of microcontroller based digital circuits (from layouting and etching of PCBs to soldering and debugging)
Sport
bicycling

Publications
2007 Roeder I, Braesel K, Lorenz R, Loeffler M "Stem cell fate analysis revisited: interpretation of individual clone dynamics in the light of a new paradigm of stem cell organization."
(full text article)
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2007(3):84656
2006 Roeder I, Lorenz R "Asymmetry of stem cell fate and the potential impact of the niche: observations, simulations, and interpretations
(abstract)
Stem Cell Reviews 2(3):171-180

Talks, Practical Courses and others
February 2008 23th TBI Winterseminar in Bled
2nd Annual Meeting of the Bompfünewerer Consortium
"Computational Mathematics and Theoretical Biology"
"Secondary Structure Prediction for circular RNAs"
November 2007 Diploma Thesis
Diploma study, Department of Computer Science (focus on bioinformatics)
"Secondary Structure Prediction for circular RNAs"
October 2006 IZBI Herbstseminar in Chribska
"Bioinformatics and Biochemistry"
"Partition function for circular RNA and application"
October 2005 IZBI Herbstseminar in Chribska
"Bioinformatics and Biochemistry"
"Analysis of cellular pedigrees"
October 2004 Bioinformatisches Praktikum "Modul Proteinstrukturen" (german)
May 2004 Bioinformatisches Praktikum "Conserved RNA secondary structure of spumaretrovirae" (german)