A current CV is available for download (.pdf), in brief ...
I am a German scientist, born in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen and have lived in
Mittenwald,
Bad Reichenhall,
Tübingen and
San Diego.
I graduated in Biology (Plant Physiology, Genetics, Biochemistry) from the Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen,
wrote my thesis at the
Salk Institute for Biological Studies in
La Jolla,
California and I am currently a PhD student in Detlef Weigel's laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology.
Besides learning new things every day, my interests include life, science, hiking, travel, skiing and flying.
If close to some water I also enjoy sailing and diving.