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Michaela Wenzel

Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences · Chalmers University of Technology

https://researchid.co/michaela_wenzel
@chalmers.se
3409Google Scholar Citations
27Google Scholar h-index
39Google Scholar i10-index

Biography

2023- Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology 2019-2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology 2017-2019 Research Fellow, Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam University Medical Centers 2014-2017 Postdoc, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam 2014 Research exchange with Newcastle University (UK, 1 month) 2013-2014 Postdoc, Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum

Education

2009-2013 Doctor rerum naturalium (Fast Track ), Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum Grade: summa cum laude (with distinction, highest possible) 2010 Master of Science equivalence exams in Biology (Fast Track*), Ruhr University Bochum Grade: excellent (highest possible) 2006-2009 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Ruhr University Bochum Grade: excellent (highest possible) *The Fast Track program is an excellence scheme that allows Bachelor students, who obtain the highest grade ‘excellent’, to skip the Master program and immediately pursue PhD studies. Candidates must complete Master eq...

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. A platinum butterfly effect: small changes turn an anticancer drug into a non-toxic metalloantibiotic with in vivo efficacy
    npj Antimicrobials and Resistance , 2026, 2026 | Citations: 1.0
  2. Expanding the DNA damaging potential of artificial metallo-nucleases with click chemistry
    Nature Communications , 2026, 2026 | Citations: 3.0
  3. The last resort antibiotic daptomycin exhibits two independent antibacterial mechanisms of action
    Nature Communications 16 (1), 10320 , 2025, 2025 | Citations: 13.0
  4. Treating the untreatable: Reversing β-lactam resistance in MRSA by membrane-domain-dissolving antibiotics
    bioRxiv, 2025.10. 27.684379 , 2025, 2025 | Citations: 1.0
  5. Fluoroquinolones as versatile scaffolds: Potential for targeting classical and novel mechanisms to combat antibacterial resistance
    European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 107247 , 2025, 2025 | Citations: 11.0

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