A current CV is available for download (.pdf). Briefly,
I am a German scientist, born in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen and have lived in
Mittenwald,
Bad Reichenhall,
Tübingen,
San Diego,
Berlin, and
Rome.
I graduated in Biology (Plant Physiology, Genetics, Biochemistry) from the Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen,
wrote my thesis at the
Salk Institute for Biological Studies in
La Jolla,
California and was, until recently, a scientist in
Detlef Weigel's laboratory at the
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen. In 2011, I was also a Fellow in Freshwater Sciences in part time at the
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin, working with
Michael Monaghan and
Hans-Peter Grossart towards an inventory of fungi in fresh water.
Recently, I joined the group of Justin Borevitz at The Australian National University in Canberra. We do 2nd-generation-sequencing-enabled conservation genetics and prebreeding.
Besides learning new things every day, my interests include life, science, hiking, travel, skiing and flying.
In the time to come I will explore Australia by all means of transport available to me.