个人简介

09/1986 - 07/1991 Studies of Biochemistry and Small-Molecule Crystallography, University Leipzig, Germany 07/1991 - 09/1991 Research student at the Technion Haifa, Israel Advisor: Prof. Yehuda Kott "Photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli" 01/1992 - 03/1996 PhD Thesis at the MPI for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany Advisors: Prof. Robert Huber and Dr. Rupert Timpl "X-ray Structure of three consecutive LE-modules gamma 1 III 3-5" 04/1996 - 12/1998 Industry-Postdoctoral position at the Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland Structural analysis of different PLP-dependent enzymes in cooperation with industrial partners (Schering AG / Agrevo) 01/1999-07/2003 Habilitation in Biophysical Chemistry at the Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland Advisor: Prof. Jürgen Engel “Domains involved in the Assembly of extracellular matrix proteins” 08/2003-08/2006 Independent Group leader, Biozentrum Basel 09/2006- Associate Professor for Biochemistry; cross appointed at the Departments for Chemistry and Microbiology Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, Canada 10/2006- Canada Research Chair in Structural Biology 03/2011- Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada 03/2013- Promotion to the rank of Full Professor for Biochemistry 09/2013- Associate Head, Department of Chemistry