1990-1994 Study of Biology, Free University Berlin 1994 Diploma of Biology, Free University Berlin 1995-1998 PhD Student at the Institute of Neurobiology, Free University Berlin
(Group of Prof. Dr. H.J. Pflüger) 1998 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) 1998-2000 Postdoc at the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Arizona (Group of Prof. Dr. R.B. Levine) 2000-2004 Emmy Noether Junior Group Leader at the Institute of Neurobiology,
Free University Berlin 2005 Habilitation in Zoology 2005-2006 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Neurobiology, Free University Berlin 2006 Offer as Assistant Professor, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland, US, declined 2006-2010 Tenure track Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences,
Arizona State University 2010-2012 Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University 2011 Offer as Full Professor, University of Regensburg, Germany, declined 2012 Offer as Full Professor, School of Life Sciences,
Arizona State University, declined since June 2012 Full Professor (W2) for Neurobiology, Institute of Zoology,