Since 2010       Project Group Leader “Cholesterol in the Nervous System”, Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen

2000 – 2010     Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurogenetics, Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen

1999 – 2000      Project Manager “Clinical Research / Oncology”, Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg

1998                 PhD “Biochemistry”, Department of Protein Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried / LMU Munich

1995                 Diploma “Biology”, Department of Virus Research, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried / University of Braunschweig