1998 Habilitation, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich, Prof. Franz Hofmann
1994 Doctorate, HumanMedicine/Cardiology, University of Munich, Prof. Karl Werdan
1985-1991 Studies of Medicine, State examination, University of Munich
2006-present W3 Professor/Director, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Bonn
2002-2006 C3 Professor, Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Drug Research, University of Munich
1998-2001 Heisenberg Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
1995-1997 Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried
1994-1998 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
2022-present Spokesperson, DFG SFB/TRR 333 “Brown and beige fat - Organ Crosstalk, Signaling and Energetics (BATenergy)”
2019-present Member, Cluster of Excellence “ImmunoSensation2”, University of Bonn
2016-present Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2015-2018 Head, Thematic Network Europe-Japan “Nanoparticles for biomedicine” of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2013-2022 Speaker, DFG RTG 1873 “Pharmacology of 7TM-receptors and downstream signaling pathways”, University of Bonn
2010-present Co-Speaker, Bonn International Graduate School of Drug Sciences (BIGS DrugS), University of Bonn
2009-2016 Head, DFG Research Unit 917 “Magneticnanoparticle-based targeting of gene- and cell-based therapies”, University ofBonn
2009-2015 Member of the Standing Committee on Research and the Promotion of Young Academics of the ‘Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK)’
2008-2013 Speaker, NRW International Graduate Research School BIOTECH-PHARMA, University of Bonn
2007-2016 Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
2006-2011 Founding Director, Research Center for Innovative Drugs and Therapies, University of Bonn/PharmaCenter Bonn
2002-2006 Dean for Research, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Munich
