Education and training
| 1980 - 1986 | Studies of biological sciences at the Universität Köln. Supervisor for Diploma thesis: Prof. Dr. Ruth Ehring |
| 1986 - 1989 | PhD work at the Institut für Genbiologische Forschung associated with the Freie Universität Berlin and University of California, San Diego (UCSD, La Jolla). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer |
Professional positions
| 1989 - 1992 | Group leader of the carbohydrate section at the department of Prof. Dr. L. Willmitzer at the Institut für Genbiologische Forschung, Berlin |
| 1992 - 2004 | Group leader Molecular Plant Physiology at the Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben, Germany |
| 1993 | Habilitation in Biochemistry at the Universität Göttingen, Germany |
| 1998 - 2004 | Appointed Professor (C4) at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittenberg for Molecular Cell Biology of Plant Systems and as head of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology at the IPK |
| 1998 | Co-founder of SunGene, a R&D company in the field of plant biotechnology; joint venture with BASF Plant Science |
| 2004 - | Appointed professor (C4) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and head of the Department of Biochemistry |
Awards and honours
| 1992 | Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology Award |
Publications
