EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Since 2017 – Professor at the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (IBBP), WWU Münster
- 2017 – Habilitation and venia legendi in Plant Physiology & Cell Biology, Agricultural Faculty, University of Bonn
- Since 2013 – Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn & Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (IBBP), WWU Münster
- 2011 – 2013 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Prof. Meyer’s Group, INRES - Chemical Signalling, University of Bonn
- 2008 – 2011 – Junior Research Fellow at New College, University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences
- 2005 – 2009 – DPhil in Plant Science at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Prof. Sweetlove’s Group, Department of Plant Sciences
- 2002 – 2005 – Undergraduate studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
CURRENT EDITORIAL ROLES
- Plant Physiology – Monitoring Editor
- New Phytologist – Advisory Board
PERSONAL AWARDS
- 2017 – BioSC Supervision Award of the Bioeconomy Science Center
- 2017 – President’s Medal of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
- 2013 – Emmy Noether Research Fellowship by the DFG
- 2009 – Edward Chapman Research Prize from Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- 2008 – Weston Junior Research Fellowship at New College, University of Oxford
- 2007 – Doctoral Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 2005 – Sainsbury PhD Studentship of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- 2005 – Herbert-Marcinek-Preis of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 2003 – Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 2002 – Scholarship from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie