• 1988-1993 Studies in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Tübingen and at Oregon State University
• 1993 Master of Science in Biochemistry and Biophysiscs (Oregon State University, Corvallis, U.S.A.)
• 1996 PhD in Biology with Prof. Walter Neupert at the University of Munich
• 1996-1999 Postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. William Wickner, Dept. of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, U.S.A.
• 1999-2005 Group leader at the Biochemie Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg
• 2003 Habilitation in Biochemistry
• 2006 Full professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Osnabrück

Funding record / Awards:

• 1994-1996 Predoctoral Stipend of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
• 1997-1999 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• May 1999 Young investigator stipend of the DFG (Nachwuchsgruppen in den Biowissenschaften)
• June 2000 Associated member of the SFB 352
• October 2002 Member of the EMBO Young Investigator programme
• May 2004 Heisenberg Stipend of the DFG
• June 2004 Member of the SFB638
• September 2004 Schering Habilitation price of the GBM
• January 2006 Member of the SFB 431