Awards

 

European Research Council Advanced Grant (2021)

Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen (2019)

European Research Council Consolidator Grant (2016)

Carl-von-Linde Senior Fellow of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (2016)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2015)
Engelhorn Forschungspreis, Peter-und-Traudl-Engelhorn Stiftung (2012)
Hoechst Dozentenstipendium, Aventis Foundation and Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (2012)
Arnold Sommerfeld Award, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2010)
European Research Council Starting Grant (2010)
Hans Fischer Tenure Track Fellowship (2010) of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study
Feodor Lynen Fellow (2007, 2008), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Deutscher Studienpreis, Körber Stiftung (2008)
Dmitris Chorafas Award (2006)
Scientific Award, BMW Group (2005)

 

Professional experience

 

since 10/2018

Full Professor for Biophysics, Physik Department,

Technische Universität München

(Lehrstuhl für Biomolekulare Nanotechnologie)

 

2014-2018 

Associate Professor for Biophysics, Physics Department,

Technische Universität München

 

2009-2014

Assistant Professor for Biophysics, Physics Department,

Technische Universität München

 

2007-2009 

Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,

Harvard Medical School

 

2004-2007

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Physik Department,

Technische Universität München

 

Education

 

Feb 26, 2007 Dr. rer. nat.

 

July 2004 to Feb 2007

Doctorate studies in physics, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany

Thesis: 'Mechanische Anisotropie einer Proteinstruktur in Einzelmolekülexperimenten'

 

Mar 23, 2004 Dipl.-Phys. (univ)

 

Oct 2001 to Mar 2004

Diploma studies in physics, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Thesis: 'Mechanik des Grün Fluoreszierenden Proteins'

 

July 2000 to July 2001

Exchange studies in physics, Facultad de Sciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 

 

Oct 1998 to June 2000

Diploma studies in physics, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Paderborn, Germany

 

July 1998 Abitur

 

Oct 1988 to July 1997

Alexander v. Humboldt Gymnasium, Eichwalde near Berlin, Germany

Reismann-Gymnasium, Paderborn, Germany