Since 04/2004

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Free University Berlin
Head of Medicinal Chemistry at the FMP (Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology)

11/1999-03/2004

Leader of the research group "Diversity-oriented synthesis and solid phase technology" at Tübingen University
Lecturer in the graduate college "Chemistry in Interphases"

2003

Habilitation

09/1997-10/1999

Postdoctoral research at Carlsberg Laboratory and the Center for Solid Phase Organic Combinatorial Chemistry with M. Meldal and K. Bock.

05/1994-07/1997

Dissertation at the University of Konstanz with R. R. Schmidt: "A method for the solid phase synthesis of oligosaccharides” (summa cum laude)

05/1993-02/1994

Diplomarbeit   "On the synthesis of O-linked glycopeptides of the mucine type”

10/1988-04/1993

Studies in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Economics, and Philosophy at the University Konstanz and the graduate school of Rutgers University, USA.

10/1986-09/1988

Military service at the armed reconnaissance, 2nd lieutenant.

1967

Born in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein.

Awards:

Editorial advisory board of the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry
Member of the Board of the European Society for Combinatorial Sciences (ESCS)
Innovation Award in Medicinal Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) (2002)
Thieme Journal Award (2002)
DFG Junior Research Group (2002)
Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg (1994-97)
Rutgers exchange fellowship (1990)
"Jugend forscht” award on the state level (1986)