Curriculum vitae
Basics
born on May 10th, 1979, Eschweiler, Germany
Academic appointments
2020 - date
W3 Full Professor, Biophysical Imaging and Director of the Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn
2017 - 2020
W2 Professor, Biophysical Imaging, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Germany
2014 - 2017
Minerva Max Planck Research Group leader, caesar, Bonn, Germany
2010 - 2013
Project Group Leader, caesar, Bonn, Germany
2007 - 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
2003 - 2006
PhD thesis, Helmholtz Research Center Jülich, Germany
1998 - 2002
Studies and Diploma in Biology, University of Cologne, Germany
Prizes & Fellowships
2020
Teaching price, Natural Science Faculty, University of Bonn
2020
Life& Health Research Prize, University of Bonn
2008 – 2009
Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK
2007
Blue Riband Prize of the PhysiologicalSociety, UK
2003 – 2006
PhD Fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
2006
PhD thesis summa cum laude
Advisory boards
Speaker Bonner Forum Biomedicine
Board Member Universitätsstiftung
Chairwoman Bonn Technology Campus
Site coordinator TRR83/SFB
Examination Board Bachelor program "Life & Medical Sciences"
Editorial Board Plos Biology
Conference organizations
2022
Co-Organizer Cilia2022,Cologne, Germany
2018
Organizer TRR83 Meeting, Bonn, Germany
2018
Co-Organizer SPP1926 Annual Meeting & Summer School, Bonn, Germany
2014
Co-Organizer 4th International caesar Conference „Sensory Systems – from Molecules to Function”, Bonn, Germany
2011
Co-Organizer 1stInternational caesar Conference „Sperm signaling and motility”, Bonn, Germany
