since 05/18

Full Professor (W3) at UKE Hamburg
Institute of Biochemistry and Signaltransduction

2016-2018

Associate Professor (W2) at TU Munich
Group of Proteinchemistry

2011-2016

tenure track Prof. (W2) at TU Munich
Group of Proteinchemistry

2009-2011

Project group leader
at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
in the department of Prof. Dr. Roger Goody

2007-2008

PostDoc
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
(with Prof. Dr. Roger Goody)

2003-2007

Dissertation Chemistry
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund (with Prof. Dr. Roger Goody)
and Technische Universität Dortmund

2003

Diploma in Biochemistry

1997-2002

Study of Biochemistry
University Hannover

2012

Professor (§ 17 HmbHG, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2003

Habilitation (Privatdozent) and qualification for teaching in higher education (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

since 1997

Group leader
Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

1995-1996

Postdoctoral researcher Heinrich Pette Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology, Hamburg, Germany

1992-1995

Postdoctoral researcher Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

1987-1991

Doctoral thesis (Dr. rer. nat.)
I. Medical Clinic, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

1980-1986

Study of Biology (Diploma in Biology) University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2020

Professor (§ 17 HmbHG, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2012

Habilitation (Privatdozent) and qualification for teaching in higher education (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

since 2012

Group leader Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

2007-2012

Postdoctoral researcher
Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

2003-2007

Research Associate
Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

1999-2003

Doctoral thesis (Dr. rer. nat.)
Institute of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

1990-1996

Study of Biology (Diploma in Biology) University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Researcher unique identifier (ORCID): 0000-0002-1685-8605
Nationality: German
Marital status: married, 2 children

EDUCATION

2010 Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry “summa cum laude” – University of Göttingen
2006 M.Sc. in Molecular Biology – Lund University, Sweden

CURRENT POSITION

Since 2022 Independent BMBF group leader IBS UKE Hamburg Eppendorf

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2021 - 2022 Independent DFG group leader, Faculty of Physics, Hamburg University
2015 – 2021 Team leader, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD)
2011 – 2015 Postdoc, EMBL Heidelberg / Hamburg
2007 – 2010 PhD Student, University of Göttingen

(Co)SUPERVISION

Since 2007 4 PhD students, 6 Master students, 8 Bachelor students

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Since 2022 „Biochemistry“, UKE
Since 2022 „Biomolecular Structure determination“, Hamburg University
2016 – 2021 “Biomedical Physics II”
2016 – 2021 “Physik für Biologen”, Hamburg University
2007 – 2013 “Protein X-ray crystallography”; “Structural biochemistry”; “Protein Structure and Function”; “Protein expression and purification”; “Mol. Biology and Biochemistry”, EMBL / University of Göttingen

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2019 ECM32 Satellite Meeting “Fixed-target serial crystallography”, Vienna - Austria

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2021 – PI council Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry (HARBOR)
2018 - 2021 Permission to work with infectious diseases acc. to §44 IfSG
2017 - 2021 Project leader within Infectophysics consortium
2016 - 2021 Responsible state approved project leader according to §15 GenTSV
2015 - 2021 Initial setup, maintenance and shutdown of MPSD S2 labs
2015 - 2021 Member of the work-safety committee at the MPSD & MPSD biosafety officer

REVIEWING ACTIVITES

Nature Communications
Journal of Applied Crystallography
Scientific reports

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

2017 – 2021 Infectophysics consortium
Since 2009 German crystallographic society (DGK)