| Academic Education & Training |
| 2005 |
PhD in Physics. Technical University Munich |
| 1995-2000 |
Physics (Diploma) at the RWTH University Aachen |
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| Professional Experience |
| since 2009 |
Independent Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried |
| 2008-2009 |
Postdoctoral scholar, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried |
| 2005-2008 |
Postdoctoral scholar, University of California at San Francisco, USA |
| 2001-2005 |
PhD thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried |
| 2000 |
Diploma thesis at the Forschungszentrum Jülich |
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| Awards and Fellowships |
| 2009-2013 |
Human Frontier Science Project Career Development Award |
| 2006-2009 |
Human Frontier Science Project Longterm fellowship |
| 2005 |
Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry Award |
| 2001-2003 |
Kekule Fellowship of the Fonds der Deutschen Chemischen Industrie (FCI) |
| 2001 |
RWTH Springorum medal |
