Curriculum Vitae
Research
since 2023 Dean, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
since 2020 Director, Marsilius Kolleg, Heidelberg University
2015-2016 Acting Scientific Director, DKFZ
2014-2023 Coordinator, Functional and Structural Genomics Program, DKFZ
since 2008 Head of Division, DKFZ
since 2008 Full Professor, Heidelberg University
2003-2008 Junior Group Leader (tenure-track), DKFZ
1999-2003 Postdoc, Harvard Medical School
1996-1999 PhD student, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Education
1999-2001 John. F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.A. Program, Harvard University http://www.hks.harvard.edu
1995-1996 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York http://www.cshl.edu
1994-1995 State University of New York in Stony Brook
1993-1996 Witten/Herdecke University
1991-1993 Rheinisch-Westfälisch Technische Hochschule Aachen
Awards/Honors
2022 Elected member, Leopoldina Nationalakademie der Wissenschaften
2022 Elected member, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
2013 Elected EMBO member http://www.embo.org
2012 ERC Advanced Grant http://erc.europa.eu
2007 Johann-Georg Zimmermann Research Award
2005 EMBO Young Investigator Program
2003 Elected Member "Die Junge Akademie" at the Berlin-Brandenburgischen Academy and the Academy Leopoldina http://www.diejungeakademie.de
Boards
Managing Director, Health and Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim
Speaker, Research and Strategy Commission, Heidelberg University
Member and Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium), Studienstiftung
Networks
Spokesperson of CRC 1324 on Wnt signaling
Coordinating PI, ERC Synergy Grant DECODE
Spokesperson of DFG Research Group 1036
Coordinator of the FP7 Coordinated Project "CancerPathways"
Scholarships
Emmy-Noether Programm of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
McCloy Fellowship, Studienstiftung and Harvard University
Boehringer Ingelheim Ph.D. Fellowship
Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Fellowship of the Fulbright Kommission