Education
 
01/2014
Habilitation, TU Dortmund University, Venia Legendi in Biotechnology and Technical Microbiology
 
1998 - 2003
PhD studies, Dr. sc. nat. ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich,
Thesis: “Specific Oxyfunctionalization of Pseudocumene by Multistep Biocatalysis - Mechanism and Scale Up.
Supervision: Prof. Dr. A. Schmid, Prof. Dr. B. Witholt
Awarded with the ETH medal for outstanding PhD theses

1998
Diploma, Dipl. Natw. ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Thesis: “Analysis of the mRNA Pattern of the pha Locus of Pseudomonas oleovorans and Evaluation of Possible Functions of the PhaF Protein”
Supervision: Dr. M. A. Prieto, Dr. B. Kessler, Prof. Dr. B. Witholt

1993 - 1998
Study of Biology/ Biochemistry, specialization in Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

Positions

since 01/2023
Head of “Applied Biocatalysis Group” in the Department Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

Since 2021
Co-Speaker of the Integration Platform Tapping Nature´s Potential at the UFZ, research coordination and interconnection in the frame of the program-oriented research within the Helmholtz Society

2017 -2021
Speaker the Integrated Project Sustainable Biotechnology and Bioeconomy at the UFZ, research coordination and interconnection in the frame of the program-oriented research within the Helmholtz

Sinde 10/2015
Professor for Applied Biocatalysis
Faculty I of Natural Science – Biological Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

07/2015 - 12/2022
Group Leader
Head of “Applied Biocatalysis Group” in the Department Solar Materials, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

07/2015 - 12/2016
Visiting Scientist
Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemical & Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

10/2014 - 06/2015
Visiting Scientist
Department Solar Materials, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

11/2004 - 06/2015
Group Leader
Head of “Applied Biocatalysis Group” in the Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology, Department of Biochemical & Chemical Engineering,
TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

07/2003 - 10/2004
Post Doctoral Fellow
Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

06/1998 - 06/2003
Research Scientist
Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland