Curriculum Vitae

09/2009

Professor of Organic Chemistry and Natural Product Analytics at the Institute of Organic Chemistry in the Faculty of Science at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany)

12/2007

"Habilitation" in Biomolecular Chemistry at the Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

04/2001 -

Junior research group (Prof. Dr. A. Zeeck, Göttingen):

• Work revolves around the identification and regulation of novel secondary metabolites and their biosynthesis in interdisciplinary cooperations with external research groups.

03/2000-04/2001

Postdoctoral fellow (Prof. Dr. H. G. Floss, Seattle (USA)):

• "Chemical and Genetical Investigations towards Combinatorial Biosynthesis with the Ansamitocin-producing strain Actinosynnema pretiosum."

04/1998-02/2000

Research Associate (Prof. Dr. A. Zeeck, Göttingen):

• "Novel secondary Metabolites from Microorganisms."

11/1997-3/1998

Probationary Graduate Teacher, Bezirksreg. Braunschweig

06/1997

Ph.D. Thesis (Prof. Dr. A. Zeeck, Göttingen):

• "Die Bildung von 1-O-Acylrhamnosiden und anderen Metaboliten durch dirigierte Biosynthese mit Streptomyces griseoviridis (Tü 3634) und Untersuchung ihrer Biogenese"

12/1993

Examination Thesis (Prof. Dr. A. Zeeck, Göttingen):

• "Zur Biosynthese und Synthese eines neuen a -Pyrons aus Streptomyces sp."

10/1988-12/1993

Chemistry and Biology Studies (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

19.02.1969

Born in Goslar