Curriculum Vitae

04/2007 – University Professor for biophysical chemistry, University of Braunschweig, Germany  and

Research group leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen, Germany.
04/2003 – 04/2007 Assistant Professor for biophysical chemistry, University of Braunschweig, Germany  and

Emmy-Noether Research group leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen, Germany.
01/2001 – 03/2003 Head of Department Optics & Detection, DIREVO Biotech AG, Cologne, Germany.
01/1999 – 01/2001 Postdoc (Prof. Dr. G.R. Fleming), University of California at Berkeley, United States.
08/1998 – 12/1998 Postdoc (Prof. Dr. M. Orrit), CNRS Bordeaux, France.
02/1996 – 07/1998 Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry (Prof. Dr. J. Troe), Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen, Germany.
02/1994 – 02/1996 Diploma Degree in Chemistry (Prof. Dr. J. Troe), Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen, Germany.
11/1991 – 02/1994 Studies of Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.


Grants and Awards
2003 Grant of the “Fond der Chemischen Industrie” for selected junior professors in chemistry.
2003 Emmy-Noether Grant from the German Science Foundation for an independent research group (Phase II).
2003 Grants of the state of lower saxony and the federal ministery of education and research for the appointment as a junior professor.
2000 Young-Investigators Award at the Gordon Conference on Photosynthesis.
1999–2000 Research Fellowship of the German Science Foundation (Forschungsstipendium).
1999 Max-Planck Research Fellowship.

 

Other activities
04 / 2007 - Dean of studies in chemistry at the University of Braunschweig
01 / 2007 - Member of the "Göttinger Graduiertenschule" of Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), funded by the german excellence initiative
04 / 2004 - 03 / 2005 Chairman in Braunschweig of the German Society of Chemists (GDCh)