Entrepreneur, Start-up Clickmer Systems

• 2019–2021:
  Master of Pharma Business Administration studies at the Goethe Business School Frankfurt

• Since 2018:
  Founding team member and lab manager of the biotech Startup Clickmer Systems

• 2013–2018:
  PhD in Molecular Biomedicine in the work group of Prof. Dr. Famulok,  University of Bonn

• 2015–2017:
  Member of the organisation team of the ‘Bonner Forum Biomedizin’, an education and career network for life science graduates

• 2010–2013:
  Master studies Life and Medical Sciences at the University of Bonn

• 2007–2010:
  Bachelor studies Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Bonn

Vice Rector for Human Resources Management and Development, RWTH Aachen

• Since October 2011:
  Vice Rector for Human Resources Management and Development, RWTH Aachen University

• Since 2004:
  Professor of macromolecular chemistry, RWTH Aachen. Research focus: the improvement of interface biocompatibility of biomaterial surfaces and the development of so-called drug delivery systems

• 1997:
  Habilitation at the Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry

• 1983:
  Chemistry studies at RWTH Aachen University and doctorate at the since-renamed DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

Board Member at Forschungszentrum Jülich

• Since 2021: 
  Board of Directors at Forschungszentrum Jülich

• 2008–2021: 
  Professor for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University

• 2004–2008:
  Professor for Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen

• 1998–2004:
  Group Leader Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried

• 1992–1998:
  Second Postdoc, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA

• 1990–1992:
  First Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

• 1990:
  PhD at Philipps-University Marburg

• 1981–1987:
  Studies of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg and University of Bristol

Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Cologne

• Since 2015: 
  Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Cologne

• 2012–2015:
  Vice Dean of Research and Junior Academics at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne

• Since 2011:
  Head of BehavEcon Seminar, University of Cologne

• 2008–2011:
  Vice President of Research and Early-Career Researchers, University of Erfurt

• 2006–2008:
  Dean of Political Sciene, University of Erfurt

• 2000–2011:
  Chair of Microevonomics, University of Erfurt

• 1999–2000:
  Visiting Professor, University of Tilburg

• 1993/1999:
  Doctorate and Habilitation in Economics, University of Bonn

• 1988:
  Degree in Mathematics, University of Bonn

Senior Professor at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

• 2014–2020: 
  Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, University of Düsseldorf

• 2004–2007: 
  Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, University of Düsseldorf

• 2001–2004: 
  Head, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, University of Düsseldorf

• 1988–2019: 
  Professor and Chair, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Düsseldorf

• 1985–1987:
  Senior research associate, University of Munich

• 1980–1985:
  Research associate, University of Düsseldorf

• 1980–1985:
  Habilitation in Botany, University of Düsseldorf

• 1977–1980:
  Doctorate in Botany, University of Gießen

• 1971–1977: 
  State examination in Chemistry and Biology, University of Gießen

Vice Rector for Research and Early-Career Researchers, University of Bonn

• Since 2021: 
  Vice Rector for Research and Early-Career Researchers, University of Bonn

• 2015–2021: 
  Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Bonn

• 2005–2006: 
  Professor of Cell Biology (W3), Bielefeld University

• 1999–2005: 
  Professor of Molecular Neurobiology (C3), University of Bonn

• 1991–2000: 
  Head of Working Group at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

• 1989–1991: 
  Postdoctoral Researcher, DFG Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

• 1986–1989: 
  Doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

• 1980–1986: 
  Studies in Biology at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen