1994 Dipl. Biol., University of Hannover, Northeastern University of Boston, USA and Humboldt University Berlin 1994 Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover (Prof. B. Otto) 1995 Research Assistant, Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart (Prof. K. Pfizenmeier) 1995-1998 Dr. rer. MPI for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen (Prof. M. Hollmann) 1998-2002 Postdoc at the Institute of Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Prof. C.-M. Becker) 2003-2009 Scientific assistant and project group leader at the Institute of Biochemistry , FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg 2009 Habilitation in Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen Nuremberg 2010-2011 Work group leader at the Institute of Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Current academic position Since 2012 Professor (W2) for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Würzburg

Teaching At the Department of Biochemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Biochemistry, Propaedeutics Biochemistry, Fundamentals of Molecular Medicine, Disease Mechanisms, Neurosciences Editorial activities Since 2011 Associate Editor - Frontiers in Neuroscience Memberships
 Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
 Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
 Spokesperson of the study group "Molecular Medicine" of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Expert Review of Neuroscience, Animal Genetics, Expert Review of Hyperekplexia