Curriculum Vitae
ohana was born in Bogotá, Colombia. After her studies at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, where she received her B.Sc. in Biology with emphases in biochemistry and molecular biology, Johana joined the Evolutionary Immunology and Immunogenetics research group at the National University of Colombia, finishing with her Master’s degree in 2014.
From January 2017 until December 2021 Johana persued her PhD at the Evolutionary Genetics group under the direction of Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz. With her project she aimed to get a better understanding of the mechanisms of evolution of de novo genes using an eukaryote system.
In between her studies, she has worked in different areas of the private and public sector.
Johana has a position in the Bosch lab at Kiel University since January 2022 and she graduated in February 2022.