1977-1983

Study of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Münster, Diploma in Chemistry

1983-1986

Scientific collaborator at the Department of Biophysics (Chair Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Junge) at the University of Osnabrück, doctoral research work under supervision of Prof. Dr. U. B. Kaupp

25/04/1986

Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude)

10/1986

Research Award 1987 from the German Retinitis Pigmentosa Association (current name: Pro Retina e.v.) honoring work about the molecular basis of phototransduction

1987-1988

Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Cell Biology, Stanford University, California, USA (Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Lubert Stryer)

1988-2004

Senior scientist and head of the laboratory of Biochemistry at the Institute of Biological Information Processing (Director Prof. Dr. U. B. Kaupp) in the Research Center Jülich

01/1993

Habilitation at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Cologne, venia legendi for Biochemistry

1993-2004

Privatdozent at the Institute of Biological Information Processing in the Research Center Jülich, Lecturer at the University of Cologne

since 10/2004

University Professor (W3) for Biochemistry at the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg

04/2009-04/2011

Director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences

since 01/2012

Biochemistry division moved to Faculty VI, Dept. Neurosciences

02/2013-03/2023

Speaker of the DFG Research Training group (Graduiertenkolleg) “Molecular basis of sensory biology” (GRK 1885/1 and 2)

09/2015-09/2022

Executive Director of the Research Center Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg

since 04/2023

Director of the Department of Neuroscience, Faculty VI