Curriculum Vitae

Since 07/2001	Scientist; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany Research areas: Metagenome analysis 1) of microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane, and 2) of free-living microbial communities at hydrothermal vents.
12/1999-06/2001	Postdoctoral fellowship; Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany; Drug Innovation and Approval; Disease Group: Thrombosis/Degenerative Joint Diseases) Topics: Cloning, expression and purification of MAPKAP K3 for a high throughput screening; preparation of highly purified thrombocytes and subsequent RNA-preparation for DNA chip analyses
01/1999-11/1999	Scientist; Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Institute for Medical Microbiology
01/1995-12/1998	Doctoral candidate; Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Hannover Doktoral thesis: “Characterization of interferon-gamma-induced genes: interferon-inducible protein 35, nociceptin/orphanin FQ and human guanylate-binding protein 3”
06/1994-12/1994	Student assistant; Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Bremen, Germany; secretariate of the Department of Mechanical Design Motivation: earning money
10/1988-04/1994	Student of biology; Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. Main subject areas: Microbiology, biochemistry, immunology and organic chemistry Diploma thesis: “Regulation of the transcription of the E6- and E7-genes of the human papilloma virus type 16 by catecholamines”