Curriculum vitae

2025
Member of the Academia Europaea

since 2024
Spokesperson of the SPP2453 »Integration of mitochondria into the cellular proteostasis network«

since 2020
Professor and Director, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bonn

since 2020
Project leader in the SFB1218 »Mitochondrial regulation of cellular function«

2019 - 2020
Project leader in the Excellence Cluster Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies (CIBSS), University of Freiburg

2016 - 2020
Project leader of the RTG 2202 »Transport across and into membranes«, University of Freiburg

2013
Habilitation in Biochemistry und Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg

2012 - 2018
Project leader of the Excellence Cluster Biological Signaling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg

2011 - 2018
Project leader in the SFB746 »Functional specificity by coupling and modification of proteins«

2009 - 2020
Group leader in the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg

2009 - 2011
Grant, Eliteprogramm für Postdoktoranden, Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg

2006 - 2009
Postdoc in the group of Prof. Nikolaus Pfanner, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg 

2005 - 2006
Postdoc in the group of PD Enrico Schleiff, Prof. Jürgen Soll, Department of Biology I, Botany, University of Munich 

2002 - 2005
PhD-thesis on »Preprotein recognition and translocation by the Toc complex« in the group of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Soll/ PD Dr. Enrico Schleiff, Biology 1, Botany, University of Munich

2001 - 2002
Diploma thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Jürgen Soll, Botanical Institute, University of Kiel

1997 - 2002
Study of Biology at the University of Kiel