| Professional Career |
| Since 04.2019 |
W2-professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Since 04.2012 |
Group leader at the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2009 - 2012 |
Principal Investigator at the Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany |
| 2006 - 2009 |
Post Doc with C.M. Niemeyer, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany |
| 2004 - 2005 |
Post Doc with A. Bensimon, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Post Doc with J.L. Mergny, Museum National d´Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
| Fellowships and Awards |
| 2009 |
DFG grant for a temporary position as Principal Investigator |
| 2005 |
Roux grant from the Institut Pasteur |
| 2004 |
Post-doctoral fellowship from the ARC foundation for cancer research |
| 2003 |
Yvette-Mayent grant from the Institut Curie, France |
| 2002 |
PhD awarded with Summa cum Laude |
| 1998 |
Debiopharm S.A. fellowship from the University of Padova, Italy |
| 1997 |
Student scholarship from the University of Padova, Italy |