Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
2003 - 2004 Managing Director, Institute of Biology
2001 - 2002 Dean, Faculty of Biology, Kassel University
since 1995 Full Professor (C4) Dept. of Genetics, Universität Kassel
1994 1 month guestlecturer at the University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan
1989 Habilitation at the University of Munich, Dept. of Zoology, "Privatdozent", faculty of biology, University of Munich
1989 1 month guestlecturer at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
1986 Position as group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried/München, Department of Cell Biology.
Work on signal transduction and antisense regulation in Dictyostelium
1984 Research assistant position in Dr. R.A. Firtel's group
1982 Post-doc position (DFG grant) in Prof. Dr. R.A. Firtel's group, University of California, San Diego. Work on transformation systems in Dictyostelium, antisense gene regulation, developmental regulation of transcription in Dictyostelium
1979 Post-doc position at the Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Marburg in the group of Prof. Dr. D. Gallwitz. Work on actin genes and mRNA splicing in yeast
1980 Dr. rer. nat., Universität Düsseldorf. Thesis on spermatogenesis Drosophila hydei
1975 Diploma in Biology, University of Düsseldorf
Professional affiliations:
Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie (GBM)
Studiengruppe "RNA Biochemie" der GBM
Gesellschaft für Genetik, Member of the Board (since 2004)
Deutscher Hochschulverband
Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie
Associate Editor "Mechanisms of Development"
Editorial Board "Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler"