Since 04/2020
Dean of biotechnology studies
Since 10/2014
Professor for Biochemistry at the Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
02/2014–09/2014
Associate Professor for Biocatalysis at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11/2009–01/2014
Junior Professor for Biocatalysis funded by the Initiative for Excellence at the RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
08/2007–11/2009
Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Dick B. Janssen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Biotransformation and Biocatalysis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Topic: “Whole-cell biocatalyses using cytochrome P450 monooxygenases”
10/2004–07/2007
Doctoral studies in the group of Prof. Dr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, University of Greifswald, Germany
Thesis: “Investigations into Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases – applications in organic synthesis”, “summa cum laude”
10/1999–06/2004
Studies of Biochemistry at the University of Greifswald, Germany, Majors: biotechnology and genetics
Diploma thesis: “Preparation of optically active compounds via enzymatic kinetic resolution of esters using lipases and esterases”, “summa cum laude”
05/2008
Dissertation prize from the University of Greifswald for the best PhD thesis of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty in 2007
11/2004–06/2007
Scholarship for doctoral studies from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
10/2004–09/2006
Scholarship for doctoral studies from the Chemical Industry Fund (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie)
04/2002–06/2004
Scholarship for excellent studies from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)