Curriculum vitae
1982
Diploma (Biology) at the Technical University Darmstadt
Research topic: “DNA binding analysis of the Tn10 encoded Tet Repressor”
1985
Dr. rer. nat. in Darmstadt
Research topic: “Isolation of the mutarotase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and cloning of the corresponding gene”.
1985 - 1987
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Peter Quail at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (USA)
Research topic “Phytochrome-regulated gene expression”.
1987 - 1992
Head of an independent research group at the Institute for „Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH”
“Establishment of a chemically inducible promoter in plants using prokaryotic gene regulatory elements.”
1992
Habilitation (Molecular Genetics) at the Free University Berlin
1992/93
Head of an independent research group at the Institute for Applied Genetics at the Free University Berlin
1993 - 1996
C3-Professor (Plant Molecular Biology) at the University Bielefeld
since October 1996
C4-Professor (Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology) at the Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Fellowships and Awards
1983 - 1985
PhD fellowship (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie)
1985 - 1987
Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship for postdoctoral studies (Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation)
1987 – 1992
Funding of a Junior Group (BMBF)
1992/93
Heisenberg-Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1994
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Award for Young University Professors
Antwort auf die Anfrage des VdBiol bezüglich Empfehlungen für eine erfolgreiche akademische Laufbahn.