Leipzig University; Leipzig, Germany: PhD in Biochemistry awarded on November, 06, 1995, Summa cum laude

Leipzig University; Leipzig, Germany: Diploma in Chemistry awarded on July, 12, 1991, Magna cum laude

Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg; Merseburg, Germany; Undergraduate study from September, 1986 to February, 1988

Highschool Pforte Schulpforte, Germany 1984 – 1986, Summa cum laude

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Research Experience

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Since 05 / 2004     Freie Universität Berlin,

University Professor, W2

Organic Chemistry / Natural Product Chemistry

 

02 / 2004                Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Assistant Professor (offer declined)

 

2000 – 2004         Leipzig University

Assistant Professor

 

10 /02 – 3 / 03      The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

02 / 02 – 03 / 02   Research Associate

07 / 01 – 02 / 02     Collaboration with Prof. Carlos F. Barbas, III

 

03 / 00 – 09 / 00       The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

Research Associate – Post-Doctoral Fellow

Supervisor:  Prof. Carlos F. Barbas, III

 

03 / 99 – 03 / 00       The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

     Post-Doctoral Fellow

      Supervisor:  Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri

 

1995 – 1999        Leipzig University

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

      Supervisor:  Prof. K. Burger

 

 

1991 – 1995         Leipzig University

Graduate Research Fellow

     Thesis Supervisor: Prof. H.-D. Jakubke

 

07 / 93 – 07 /94       Technical University Munich

Research stay

Supervisor: Prof. K. Burger

 

1990 - 1991         Leipzig University

Diploma Thesis

     Thesis Supervisor: Prof. K. Schultze

 

03 / 90 – 06 / 90      BellFlavorsand Fragrances, Miltitz, Germany

Industrial training

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 HONORS AND AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS

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Georg Thieme publisher’s award (2002)

 

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Fellowship (4/99 – 9/00)

 

Lessing medal in Gold (1986)

 

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FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS (Current and Completed)

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DFG – Four-Year Grant (2012-2016); PI, DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 765 „Multivalency as organisational and functional principle“, Subproject A5

Includes support for 2 PhD students and supply money

 

DFG  - Three-Year Grant (2010-2013); PI

Topic: “Study of the structure and induction of structure formation in amyloidogenic model peptides”

Includes support for one PhD student and supply money

 

DFG – Four-Year Grant (2009-2012); PI, DFG-Graduate School “Fluorine as key element” Subprojects D2 and D3

Includes support for 2 PhD students and supply money

 

DFG – Four-Year Grant (2008-2011); PI, DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 765 „Multivalency as organisational and functional principle“, Subproject A5

Includes support for 2 PhD students and supply money

 

DFG  - Three-Year Grant (2006-2009); PI

Topic: “Importance of electrostatic interactions and metal ion complexation for peptide and protein folding”

Includes support for one PhD student one analytical HPLC and supply money

 

Fonds der Chemischen Industrie  - Two-Year Fellowship (2006-2008); PI

Topic: “Organization of Nanoparticles by interaction with coiled coil peptides”

Includes support for one PhD student

 

DFG  - Three-Year Grant (2006-2009); PI

Topic: “HIV entry inhibitors” (Follow-up project)

Includes support for one PhD student and supply money

 

DFG  - Three-Year Grant (2005-2008); DFG-Research Group „Formation and Stability of b-sheets“, Subproject 10C

Topic: „Structural and kinetic characterization of intermediates of misfolding and aggregation of proteins“; PI

Includes support for one PhD student and supply money

 

DFG  - Three-Year Grant (2005-2008); Graduiertenkolleg 788 “Hydrogen bonds and hydrogen transfer“

Topic: „Studies of the influence of fluoralkyl substituents on the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds in peptides”; PI

Includes support for one PhD student and supply money

 

DFG  - Two-Year Grant (2002-2004); PI

Topic: “HIV entry inhibitors”

includes support for 2 PhD students and supply money 

 

Volkswagen Foundation - Two-Year Grant (2002-2004); PI

Topic: “A bi-directional peptide switch: a-helical coiled coil interactions versus b-sheet formation”

Includes support for one Postdoctoral students and supply money

 

Fonds der Chemischen Industrie - Grant for supply money (2002); PI

 

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

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- Since 11/2012: Speaker of the Research Training Group “Fluorine as key element”

-  Since 04/2012: Speaker of the Helmholtz Graduate School: “Macromolecular Bioscience”

-  Since 10/2011: Speaker of the Organic Chemistry department

-  Organizer of the 10th German Peptide Symposium, March, 7-10, 2011, Freie Universität and Technische          Univerität Berlin, Germany

-  Since 2010: Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology

-  2009-2011: Speaker of the Initiative “Graduate School of Excellence - SUPRAMOL” at Freie Universität Berlin; preproposal submitted to DFG August 2010

-  Since 2009: Speaker of the Interdisciplinary Initiative “Centre for Supramolecular Interactions” at Freie Universität Berlin

-  Since 2009: Member of the Scientific Coordinator Team of the DFG-Graduate School “Fluorine as key element” at Freie Universität Berlin

-  Since 2009: Member of the “Expert/inn/enbeirat Gleichstellung“, Freie Universität Berlin

- 2008-2009: ERASMUS coordinator for the Institute of Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin

- WS 2008/2009: Co-organizer of the University Lecture Series “Offener Hörsaal”, Topic: “Erneuerbare Energien - Wissenschaft, Vermittlung, Verantwortung” at Freie Universität Berlin

-  2007-2010: Member of the Executive committee of the Graduate School „Biomedical Sciences“, Freie Universität Berlin

-  Since 2006: Member of the “Zentraler Frauenrat”, Freie Universität Berlin

-  2006-2011: Member of the “Akademischer Senat”, Freie Universität Berlin

- Head of the Scientific Organizing Committee for the 2nd Sino-German Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium, Bejing, China, October 2008

-  Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee for the 1st Sino-German Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium, Kloster Seon, Germany, July 2006

-  Evaluator for in depth study courses for the ZevA Hannover, 2005

-  Expert evaluator in the chemistry and life science panel for the International Marie-Curie Fellowship evaluation, Brussels, May, 2004

-  Member of the Organizing Committee of the 4th German Peptide Symposium, March, 21-24, 1999, University Leipzig, Germany

-  Co-Organizer of the Workshop “Peptide modification by non-natural amino acids”, Leipzig / Germany, September, 29-30, 1997 (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~inno/innokoll/peptiden.htm)

 

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Consulting

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- Bayer Schering Pharma (Berlin)

- Fluorotronics (La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.)

 

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MEMBERSHIPS

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-  Max-Bergmann-Kreis e.V. (For the Advancement of Peptide Chemistry Research)

-  German Chemical Society,

-  American Chemical Society, Fluorine Division