Curriculum Vitae
Research
| since 2023 | Dean, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University |
| since 2020 | Director, Marsilius Kolleg, Heidelberg University |
| 2015-2016 | Acting Scientific Director, DKFZ |
| 2014-2023 | Coordinator, Functional and Structural Genomics Program, DKFZ |
| since 2008 | Head of Division, DKFZ |
| since 2008 | Full Professor, Heidelberg University |
| 2003-2008 | Junior Group Leader (tenure-track), DKFZ |
| 1999-2003 | Postdoc, Harvard Medical School |
| 1996-1999 | PhD student, European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
Education
| 1999-2001 | John. F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.A. Program, Harvard University http://www.hks.harvard.edu |
| 1995-1996 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York http://www.cshl.edu |
| 1994-1995 | State University of New York in Stony Brook |
| 1993-1996 | Witten/Herdecke University |
| 1991-1993 | Rheinisch-Westfälisch Technische Hochschule Aachen |
Awards/Honors
| 2022 | Elected member, Leopoldina Nationalakademie der Wissenschaften |
| 2022 | Elected member, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| 2013 | Elected EMBO member http://www.embo.org |
| 2012 | ERC Advanced Grant http://erc.europa.eu |
| 2007 | Johann-Georg Zimmermann Research Award |
| 2005 | EMBO Young Investigator Program |
| 2003 | Elected Member "Die Junge Akademie" at the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Academy and the Academy Leopoldina http://www.diejungeakademie.de |
Boards
Managing Director, Health and Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim
Speaker, Research and Strategy Commission, Heidelberg University
Member and Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium), Studienstiftung
Networks
Spokesperson of CRC 1324 on Wnt signaling
Coordinating PI, ERC Synergy Grant DECODE
Spokesperson of DFG Research Group 1036
Coordinator of the FP7 Coordinated Project "CancerPathways"
Scholarships
Emmy-Noether Programm of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
McCloy Fellowship, Studienstiftung and Harvard University
Boehringer Ingelheim Ph.D. Fellowship
Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Fellowship of the Fulbright Kommission