Directed Molecular Evolution

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Chair of Organic Chemistry/Cellular Chemistry, University of Konstanz

EDUCATION:
1988-1994 Studies in Chemistry at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany), Sussex (UK) and Bochum (Germany)
1994 Diploma in Chemistry, at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
1994-1997 PhD at the Universität Basel (Switzerland)
1997-1999 Postdoctoral research fellow at Nagoya University (Japan)

HONORS, AWARDS, SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
1997-1999 Postdoctoral fellowship from the European Union and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (EU/JSPS)
2002 Dr Otto Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung (Stipend)
2002 Funding of a Junior Research Group awarded by the VolkswagenStiftung
2003 Hellmut-Bredereck-Foundation (Stipend)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The aim of our research program is to gain insights into the mechanistic principles of complex chemical and biological systems. To reach these goals we combine the principles and potentials of chemistry with the molecules and processes of biology to generate and investigate new molecules and molecular assemblies with novel physical, chemical and biological functions.