Scientific Career
1983 - 1989
| Studies in Biology (Diploma), Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Free University of Berlin, Germany |
1989 - 1991 | Ph.D. studies on Molecular Genetics, Dr. rer. nat., Faculty of Biology, Free University of Berlin, Germany |
1991 - 1995 | Postdoctoral research (Project Leader) in the Research Group of Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer, Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany |
1993 | 3 months visiting scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA |
1995 - 2001 | Research Faculty (Group Leader) in the Department of Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany |
1999 | Habilitation in Botany, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Free University of Berlin, Germany |
2001 - 2008
| Professor of Genetics, University of Potsdam and University Guest Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany |
Since 2008
| Professor of Molecular Plant Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and Head of the Department Molecular Genetics at the Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany |