Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
1994 High school diploma at Gymnasium Paulinum, Münster, Germany________________________________________
1994 - 1995 Civil service at Westfälische-Wilhelms-University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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1995 - 1997 Westfälische-Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany; Study of biology
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1997 - 2001 University of Cologne, Germany; Study of Biology
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1999 - 2001 Masters thesis at Brigham & Women´s Hospital & Harvard Medical School Boston, USA; Instructor: Peter Libby, MD; "Expression of Functional Interleukin-18 and Interleukin-18 Receptor on Human Vascular Endothelial Cells, Smooth Muscle Cells, and Macrophages: Implications in Atherogenesis"
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2001 Master of Biology ("Diplom Biologe"); University of Cologne, Germany
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2001 - 2005 Doctoral thesis at Brigham & Women´s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Instructor: Uwe Schönbeck, PhD; "The role of the pro-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin-18, its processing enzyme Caspase-1, and potential alternative IL-18-activating pathways in atherosclerosis"
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2005 PhD ("Dr. rer. nat."); University of Cologne, Germany
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2005 - 2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Experimental Cardiovascular Research Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Head: Göran K. Hansson, MD, PhD)
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seit 2009 Arbeitsgruppenleiter am IMCAR
