1985, Diploma in Biochemistry, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, Germany; 1989, PhD in Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. 1989-94, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, München-Martinsried, and Postdoctoral Associate, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University; 1994-2001, Postdoctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University; 2001-08, Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden; since 2007, Senior Scientist, Life Sciences and Medicine, Presidential Division/Division of Science and Innovation Studies. Memberships: European Life Sciences Organization; American Society for Cell Biology; German Society for Cell Biology. Lecturer. Speaker at seminars. Co-author of scientific papers.