University training and degree

2004

PhD, European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

2000

Diploma degree in Human Biology

1994-2000

Study of Human Biology, Philipps-University Marburg

Advanced academic qualifications

2001-2004

PhD Thesis, European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

Postgraduate professional career

Since 2016

Professor for Pancreatic Islet Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden

Since 2015

Group Leader, Islet Cell Physiology Group, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID) of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)

2009-2015

Emmy Noether Group Leader, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) and Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID), Dresden, Germany

2005-2009

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden

2004-2005

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Additional Information

Service on scientific advisory boards:

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Commission – 7th Framework Programme - Collaborative Project: “Personalized diagnosis and treatment of hyper-insulinemic hypoglycaemia caused by beta-cell pathology” (BetaCure), 2014 – 2018
Member of the External Scientific Panel (ESP) of the NIH Human Islet Research Network (HIRN), 2017 – 2018
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Boehringer Ingelheim Ulm University BioCenter (BIU), 2017 – 2019

Awards:

Spirit of nPOD Award (collaboration award), nPOD, 2017
Ernst-Friedrich-Pfeiffer Award, German Diabetes Society (DDG), 2013,
Emmy Noether Fellowship, DFG, 2009,
JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship, JDRF, 2007,
PhD Thesis Award, German Diabetes Society (DDG), 2005

Reviewer for

Diabetes, Diabetologia, Molecular Metabolism, PLoS One, Acta Physiologica, DFG, Diabetes UK, JDRF, Wellcome Trust