CURRICULUM VITAE

1984	Diploma in Biology (M.Sc.) University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, Supervisor Prof. Walter Nagl
1989	Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat., Ph.D.) University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, "Meiotic spindle formation in crane fly spermatocytes", Supervisor Prof. Roland Dietz
1996	Habilitation in Cell- and Neurobiology University of Konstanz, Germany

1988 - 1990	Postdoctoral Research Assistent Friedrich-Miescher-Lab of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
1991 - 1992	Postdoctoral Research Assistent University Konstanz, Germany, with C.A.O. Stuermer
1993 - 1994	Postdoctoral Research Assistant Salk Institute, San Diego, USA, with D.D.M. O’Leary
1994 - 1997	Research Associate University Konstanz, Germany, with C.A.O. Stuermer
1997 - 1998	Assistant Professor University Konstanz, Germany
1998 - 2001	Independent Research group Leader (Heisenberg Stipend) University Konstanz, Germany
2001 - 2004	Full Professor in Neurobiology University Jena, Germany
since 2004	Full Professor in Cell- and Neurobiology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

2013 - 2015	Vice- Dean of the Faculty for Chemistry and Biosciences at KIT
2011 - 2013	Dean of the Faculty for Chemistry and Biosciences at KIT
2010 - 2012	Vice- Dean of the Faculty for Chemistry and Biosciences at KIT
since 2012	Spokesperson of the BioInterfaces Programme (BIFTM) of the Helmholtz Society
2009 - 2014	Spokesperson for Research Area Nanobiology of the DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN)
since 2005	Spokesperson for Biomedical Photonics in the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP)

2018	BRIDGE Fellowship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS)
2016	Erwin-Schrödinger-Prize for Interdisciplinary Research
2014	Advanced Researcher Fellowship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS)
1998 - 2001	Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG
1993 - 1994	Postdoctoral Fellowship of the DFG