Education 
1991-1994 PhD in Molecular Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and University of Heidelberg

1984-1990 Diploma Biochemistry, University of Tübingen

Professional Experience 
Since 2011 Professor for Experimental Metabolic Research at the Charité-University Medicine Berlin and Senior PI at the MDC
2010-2011 Director, Institute of Molecular Endocrinology and Professor for Molecular Mechanisms 
of Metabolic Diseases, University of Cologne, Germany
2000-2009 Independent Group Leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg
1995-1999 Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate, HHMI, UC San Diego, USA

Honors and Awards (selection) max 5 most important of your career
2010 Nuffield Professorship of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK (declined)
1997 California Breast Cancer fellowship
1995 Boehringer Ingelheim Postdotoral fellowship
1991 EMBL Ph.D. fellowship

Activities in the Scientific Community / Memberships selection max. 5, most important of your career  
- Founding Member German Stem Cell Network (GSCN)
- Helmholtz Speaker for Metabolic Disease
- Associate Editor Molecular Metabolism
- Member of Review Panel in Medicine for King Faisal Foundation, Saudi Arabia
- Member of Review Panels for DFG-German Research Foundation, Germany.