Born August 1969
1990 - 1995 Studies in chemistry, biochemistry and immunology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany), Philipps University, Marburg (Germany) and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland)
1995 - 1999 Diploma & PhD theses (Dr. rer. nat.): Purification and characterization of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complexes (UsnRPs) from S. cerevisiae with Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lührmann at Unversity of Marburg (Germany)
2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dr. William R. Schafer: Adaptation of the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system to nicotine and proeomics of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) at the University of California, San Diego (USA)
2004-2009 Juniorprofessor for Molecular Membrane Biology, Independent research group leader at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany)
2010-2015 Heisenberg Professor for Molecular Cell Biology and Neurobiochemistry
since 2016 Full Professor for Molecular Cell Biology and Neurobiochemistry