Plant Biochemistry & Physiology

BIOGRAPHY

30.08.1959 borne in Cologne

1980 - 1986 Study of Biology at the University of Cologne

1986 - 1989 PhD thesis at the Free University Berlin

1987 Research visit at the University of
California, San Diego bei Prof. Dr. Maarten Chrispeels

1989 - 1992 Head of the Carbohydrate Group at the Institute fuer Genbiologische Forschung, Berlin

1992 - Head of the Plant Molecular Physiology group at the Institute fuer Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Gatersleben (http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de

1993 Habilitation in Biochemistry at the University Goettingen

1996 - Member of the Central Commission for Biological Safty(ZKBS)

1998 - Head of the department for Molecular Cell Biology at the IPK

1998 C4-Proffessor at the Martin-Luther-University Halle/Wittenberg

1998 Co-founder of the Plant Biotechnology Company SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA, Gatersleben

1998 - Member of the Scientific Board of SunGene

2000 - Referee for Botany of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Advisory Board:

Plant Journal sine 1995
Botanica Acta from 1996 to 2000

Editorial Board:

Journal of Plant Physiology since 1999
Planta since 2000