1986 - 1991: MSc in Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
1991 - 1996: PhD, Graduate School of Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Prof. Anton Berns and Prof. Arnoud Sonnenberg)
Research Career
1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997 - 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
2002 - 2008: Junior Research Group Leader, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne
2008 - 2018: Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Cologne
Since 2019: Professor and head Department Cell Biology of the Skin, CECAD, University of Cologne
Selected Service to Scientific Community and Honors
1997 - 1998: Fellowship award Dutch Cancer Society
1999 - 2001: Charles A. Dana Fellowship Aaward
2001 - : Member Faculty of 1000
2005: ISP & SCUR AWARD
2006: ROSA “Skin Dryness” Award
2008: Krebshilfe W2 Professorship awarded
2008 - 2013: Board Member European Society for Dermatological Science
2008 - 2018: CECAD Coordinator Research Platform B “Education and Career Development, Gender Equality and Public Outreach”
2014 - : Head Cologne Graduate School for Ageing Biology (CGA)
2014 - : Speaker Faculty Focus Area “Homeostatic Principles in Metabolism and Tissue Regeneration”
2014 - : Executive Board Member, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC),
2015: Chair International meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology
2015 - 2017: Vice Chair/Chair Gordon Research Conference on Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization
2015 - : Speaker, Collaborative Research Center 829, University of Cologne
2015 - : Member International Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of DEBRA
2016 - : Member and current chair DFG Fachkollegium 201 “Basics of Life Sciences and Medicine”
2016: Rudi Cormane Lecture, Annual ESDR Meeting
2014 - 2020: Vice president/president German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ)
2017: Section editor Journal of Investigative Dermatology
