Head of Section and Head of Laboratory

Academic education and scientific degrees

2007

Adjunct (Außerplanmäßiger) Professor in Biochemistry, Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany

2002

Habilitation (Privatdozent), Venia legendi in Biochemistry, Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1986

PhD thesis, Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude) in Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

1983

Graduation (1^st State exam) in Biology, Germanistics, Sports and Pedagogics; Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

Academic and research positions

Since 1991

Head of section, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), Federal Agency for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Langen, Germany

1990/1991

External Research / Sabbatical, Rockefeller University, Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, New York, U.S.A.

1988 - 1991

Scientist, Deputy Head of Division of Cell Biology, Fraunhofer-Institute for Toxicology and Aerosol-Research, Division of Cell Biology, Hannover, Germany

1988

Technical Product Manager, PROCTER & GAMBLE, Department of Product security / Consumer security, Bruxelles, Belgium and Schwalbach/Taunus, Germany

1986 - 1988

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fraunhofer-Institute for Toxicology and Aerosol-Research, Division of Cell Biology, Hannover, Germany

Additional information

Memberships

Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie (DGZ), Gesellschaft für Genetik (GfG),
Deutsche Transplantationsgesellschaft (DTG),
The Transplantation Society (TTS),
International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA),
Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Xenotransplantation (DAX, Co-founder),
German Expert and Representative at the European Commission (EC),
Directorate D – Health systems and products, Competent Authorities on Substances of Human Origin Expert Group (CASoHO),
German Expert and Representative for Tissues and Cells at the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM),
European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO).

Reviewer for

Research Funding Agencies:
Volkswagen-Stiftung, Hannover; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF, Berlin; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG, Bonn; The Welcome Trust, London; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, SNF; National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infection Disease, NIH/NIAIDS, Bethesda; European Commission-funded Integrated Project FP 6, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Scientific Journals:
Animal Genetics, Archives of Virology, Biotechniques, Immunogenetics, Intervirology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Virology, Journal of Virological Methods, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Transplant Immunology, Transplantation Proceedings, Virology, Virus Research, Xenotransplantation

Lecturer in

Biochemistry, Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany