Theresa Erler, Master’s student Pharma-Biotechnology EAH Jena, intends to study the topic of ‘Design and development of a probe-based multiplex QPCR assay for the detection of DNA methylation markers for head and neck tumors’ as part of her master’s thesis. Ms. Erler has both professionally and personally, due to her CV, her level of training and her professional interests, to work on and implement all the prerequisites of this very ambitious topic beyond the usual level very successfully as a very committed student.