2/2010 - 7/2025
Scientific Director
Leibniz institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
2/2010 - Current
Full Professor of Microbiology
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
6/2003 - 2/2009
Managing Director in the Department of Biology (Group for Micobiology, Genetics, Botany, Biodiversity Research, Didactics of Biology)
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
10/2000 - 1/2010
University Professor for Microbiology
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
1/1999 - 7/1999
Habilitation, venia legendi for Microbiology
University of Oldenburg, Germany
6/1995 - 9/2000
University Assistant
University of Oldenburg, Germany
4/1994 - 5/1995
Research Associate
University of Oldenburg, Germany
2/1992 - 2/1994
PostDoc (DFG scholarship)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
8/1988 - 7/1991
Studies for PhD in Microbiology (degree Philosophiae Doctor 'summa cum laude')
University of Konstanz, Germany
4/1983 - 9/1987
Studies of Biology, Diploma (sehr gut)
University of Freiburg, Germany
10/1980 - 4/1983
Studies of Biology, Vordiplom (sehr gut)
University of Bochum, Germany