| 1960 |
Born in London, UK |
| 1978-1979 |
Education in physics at the University of
Stuttgart |
| 1979-1984 |
Education in physics at the University of
Göttingen |
| 1984 |
Masters degree (Diploma) in physics at the University of
Göttingen. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Teichler, Institute for Metal
Physics. Thesis title: "Influences of the gauge potential of dislocations on the electrical
resistance of copper crystals" |
| 1985 |
Civil Service, Red Cross |
| 1989 |
PhD-Degree in physics at the University of
Göttingen. Thesis title: "Investigations of the physical properties
of biological and model membranes" Supervisor: Derek Marsh,
Max-Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen. |
| 1989-1990 |
Postdoctoral fellow / research associate at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville (USA). Host: Prof. Rodney L.Biltonen |
| 1991 |
Research Associate, MPI
for biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen |
| 1992-1995 |
Habilitation stipend of the "Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft" and research associate at the MPI for Biophysical
Chemistry in Göttingen. |
| 1992 |
Guest lecturer in "Physical Biochemistry" at the
University of Virginia |
| 1995 |
Habilitation (Venia legendi) in Biophysics at the Physics
Department of the University of Göttingen. Thesis title: "Cooperativity
of lipid-protein interactions ". |
| 1995-97 |
Research associate at the MPI for
Biophysical Chemistry |
| 1997-2003 |
Heisenberg-Fellow of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"
and independent research group leader at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen. |
| 2001 |
Appointment as apl. Professor at the Physics Department of the
University of Göttingen. |
| 2003 |
Associate Professor for Biophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute of the
University of Copenhagen. Head of the "Membrane Biophysics Group". |
| 2015 - |
Full Professor for Biophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute of the
University of Copenhagen. |
