Professional background
1978 born in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany

1998-2002 Studies of Biology at the Georg-August University Goettingen

2001 Acceptance in the German National Academic Foundation

2002-2003 Diploma thesis at the Georg-August University Goettingen, Department of Plant Physiology, in the group of Christiane Gatz

2003-2007 PhD thesis at Georg-August University Göttingen, Department of Plant Physiology, in the group of Christiane Gatz

2007-2012 Postdoc at the Michigan State University (Lansing), Department for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in the group of Gregg Howe

2010-2011 Postdoc Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2012-2014 Postdoc at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Department of Plant Biochemistry, in the group of Tina Romeis

since 2014 Postdoc at the Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Plant Nutrition, Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants