1999 Habilitation, Experimental Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Prof. K.M. Koch
1991 Doctorate, Medicine, University of Göttingen, Prof. Otto Götze
1985-1991 Studies of Physics and Medicine, State examination, University of Göttingen
2009-present W3 Professor and Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn
2005 Board certification Nephrology, University of Aachen, Prof. Dr. Floege
2003-2009 C3 Professor of Molecular Immunology, University Hospital Bonn
2002 Visiting scientist, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA, USA
2000-2003 Group Leader, Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, RWTH Aachen
2000 Board certification Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Prof. K.M. Koch
1998-2000 Medical Officer and Research Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School (MHH)
1997-1998 Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Monash Medical School, Melbourne, Australia
1995-1997 Postdoctoral fellow, Thymus Biology Unit, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research (WEHI), Melbourne, Australia
1991-1995 Medical Officer and Research Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Medical School Hannover (MHH)
2020-present Deputy Senator Leopoldina Section 13
2016-2021 Member of the DFG Review Board for Medicine, Section Inflammation
2016-2018 Member of the Senate of the University of Bonn
2015-present Speaker, DFG IRTG 2169 “Myeloid cells in the induction of adaptive Immunity”, University of Bonn and Melbourne University, Australia
2014-present Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2013-2017 Co-Speaker, DFG CRC 704 “Molecular Mechanisms and Chemical Modulation of Local Immune Regulation", University of Bonn
2012-present Steering Committee Member, Cluster of Excellence “ImmunoSensation/ImmunoSensation2”, University of Bonn
2012-2021 Co-Speaker, DFG CRC/TRR 57 “Organ-Fibrosis”, University of Bonn and RWTH Aachen
2012 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
2010 Hans U. Zollinger Award of the German Society for Nephrology
2005-present 'Vertrauensdozent' (Student mentor) of the 'Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes' (German National Academic Foundation)
2001 Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG
2000-2005 Career Development Grant of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
1999 Sir Hans Krebs Award for Basic Medical Research
1992 Annual Award of the German Society for Nephrology for best Doctoral Thesis
1986-1991 Fellowship of the ‘Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes’ (German National Academic Foundation)
