Education:
2000 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in molecular biology and genetics
1992 Ph.D., Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg
"Interaction of duck hepatits B virus DHBV with primary duck hepatocytes:characterization of the viral ligand and detection of the cellular receptor" in the group of Prof. Dr. H. Schaller at the "Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH)"
1988 Diploma in molecular biology, cell biology and virology Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg
"Generation of mutations in the PräS-protein of duck bepatitis B virus: influences on viral functions" in the group of Prof. Dr. H. Schaller at the "Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH)"
1983 Abitur in Bayreuth

Scientific employment:
2008 - present Head of the division „Systems Biology of Signal Transduction“ German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
2003 - 2008 Head of the tenure-track Theodor Boveri Group „Systems Biology of Signal Transduction“ German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
1996 - 2003 Group Leader of an idependent Junior-Group (Hans-Spemann-Laboratoy) Max-Planck-Institute for Immunology, Freiburg.
1993 - 1996 Senior Scientist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, USA) group of Prof. Dr. Harvey F. Lodish
1992 - 1993 Senior Scientist, Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA) group of Prof. Dr. Lewis C. Cantley.