Curriculum Vitae
| Degrees | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Habilitation, Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. | |
| 1995-1999 | Dr. rer. nat., Biology, Cell Biology Program, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. | |
| 1989-1995 | B.Sc., Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK. | |
| 1989-1995 | Degree, Biochemistry, FU Berlin, Germany (Prof. Dr. C. G. Dotti). | |
| Major previous appointments | |
|---|---|
| since 2011 | Senior research group leader on Full Professor level (W3), DZNE, Bonn. |
| since 2011 | W3-Professor at the University of Bonn, Germany. |
| 2003-2011 | Independent junior research group leader on associate Professor level (C3), Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany. |
| 2000-2002 | Postdoc research associate, UCSF & Stanford University-HHMI, US (Prof. Dr. M. Tessier-Lavigne). |
| 1995-1999 | PhD-student, EMBL, Heidelberg. |
| Activities in the Scientific Community / Professional Memberships | |
|---|---|
| 2024-2028 | Member of the study section (Fachkollegium) Neurosciences of the DFG |
| 2015-today | Member of the Editorial Board for Current Biology. |
| 2019-2023 | Member of the RIKEN Brain Science Advisory Council Riken, Japan. |
| 2016-2022 | Member IRP Scientific Committee, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2016-2019 | Member of the ZMNH Scientific Committee, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 2017-2019 | Organizer of the EMBO Meeting “Cell Biology of the Neuron: Polarity, Plasticity and Regeneration”, Crete, Greece. |
| 2018 | Organizer of the Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting "Assembly of Neuronal Circuits", Awaji, Japan. |
| 2018 | Director of the “Spinal Cord Injury Course - NSAS”, San Servolo, Venice, Italy. |
| 2017 | Organizer of the ASCB Doorstep Meeting "Cell Biology of Degeneration and Repair in the Nervous System", Philadelphia, USA. |
| Honors and Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Academy Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| 2024 | Henriette Herz Scout of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2023 | Remedios Caro Almela Prize |
| 2021 | Carl Zeiss Prize |
| 2018 | Member of Academia Europaea |
| 2018 | Roger de Spoelberch Prize |
| 2016 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize (the highest prize for Science in Germany) |
| 2014 | Elected member German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) |
| 2013 | Elected member of EMBO |
| 2011 | Schellenberg-Prize |