Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1968 in Mannheim, Germany

1990-1995 Undergraduate student in Chemistry (Dipl.), University of Heidelberg, Germany

1995-1996 Diploma thesis in the Department of Biological Chemistry (Prof. Joachim Knappe/Dr. Dorothea Kessler)

1996-1999 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biology, in the Department of Molecular Cell Research (Prof. Wolfhard Almers), Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

1999-2003 Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology (Prof. Reinhard Jahn), Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

2003-2007 Group leader in the Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

2005 Habilitation in Zoology and Biochemistry at the University of Göttingen, Germany

Since 2007 Professor (W2) for Membrane Biochemistry, LIMES Institute, University of Bonn, Germany