Positions

Since 2017: Full Professor (W2) Head of Department Evolutionary Developmental Genetics Georg August Universität, Göttingen
2013 - 2017: DFG Heisenberg Professor Head of Department Evolutionary Developmental Genetics Georg August Universität, Göttingen
2006-2013: Juniorprofessor of Developmental Genetics, Georg August Universität, Göttingen
2006-2013: Junior Group Leader of the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biology (GZMB)
2004-2006: Postdoc in the department of Prof. Ernst Wimmer, Georg August Universität, Göttingen
2002-2004 Free lance scientific journalist (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk and others) and child care

Education

1998 - 2002
Ph.D: "The Evolution of Gap Gene Orthologues" Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Germany
1996 - 1997
Diploma thesis: "Characterization of a Gap Gene Mutant in Tribolium castaneum" Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Germany
1990 - 1997:
Studies: Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München/Germany and Concepción/Chile: Studies in zoology, genetics, developmental biology, immunology und human physiology

Science service and politics

Since 2020: Member of the steering committee of the SPP 2349 "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovation"
Since 2020: Elected review board member of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Since 2020: Ombudsperson Georg-August-University and German Primate Center (Leibnitz Society)
2016 - 2020: Deputy Ombudsperson at the Georg-August-University
2018 - 2020: Managing director of the Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology
since 2016: Board member of the German Zoological Society (DZG)
2010-2017: Spokesperson of the DFG research unit FOR1234 iBeetle
since 2015: Member of the science policy network of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Grants

Current:
DFG Normalverfahren BU 1443/17-1
DFG grant for research infrastructure development (iBeetle-Base)1443/16-1 (together with SUB and Dr. Jürgen Dönitz)

Former:
DFG "Großgeräte-Antrag" for purchasing a state of the art LSM
Collaboration with BAYER (continuation of iBeetle screen and RNAi in pest control)
ANR-DFG joint proposal BU 1443/14-1 (partner: Dr. Averof, Lyon)
DFG Normalverfahren BU 1443/11-1
DFG Heisenberg Professorship BU 1443/10-1
Spokesperson of DFG research unit FOR1234 "iBeetle"
Projects within iBeetle:
BU 1443/6 (both funding periods)
BU 1443/7 (both funding periods)
BU 1443/8 (both funding periods)

DFG Normalverfahren BU 1443/5-1
DFG excellence center "Molecular Physiology of the Brain - CMBP"
DFG Normalverfahren BU 1443/3-1
DFG Normalverfahren BU 1443/2-2

Scholarships:

1990 - 1996: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
1994 - 1995: IAS-fellowship (DAAD) for studies abroad
2002: Dr. Alexander und Rita Besser-Stiftung for scientific writing

Community

since 2019: Coordination of a proposal for a DFG Research Training Group "GönomiX"
2017/2019: Responsible organizer of SPIRIT Summer School "Molecualar Genetics for Zoologists" (together with Daniel Jackson, Nico Posnien and Ernst Wimmer) 2014: Organization of the iBeetle workshop "How to establish functional genetics in Zoology"
2014: Member of organizing committee of annual DZG (German Zooloical Society) meeting (Göttingen)
2013: Organization of the Symposium "New horizons in molecular Zoology" (Göttingen)
2012: Organization of the international Tribolium meeting (Lisbon, satellite to the EED meeting)
2008/2010: Organization of a symposion on arthropod head development at the EED
since 2007: tutor for the local scholars of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
since 2007: Speaker of study section "development" at the German Zoological Society (DZG)
2006: Involved in the coordination of the annotation of the Tribolium genome.
2006: Teacher for EMBO - Marie Curie RTN ZOONET Practical Course on "Molecular approaches to Evolution and Development"
2006: Organization of DZG/GfE workshop "Orthologues genes - homologues structures?" in Göttingen
2005: Organization of 2nd international Tribolium meeting in Göttingen