Key Facts
Professorship
Biophysical Chemistry, since 1st of August 2023
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability (UA Ruhr)
Qualifications
- 2007: Doctorate in Biochemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2004: Diploma in Biochemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2004: Diploma in Chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Work History
- 2018-2023: Full Professor, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Germany
- 2019-2021: Managing Director, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Germany
- 2017-2018: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2011-2017: Juniorprofessor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2012-2013: Interim Professor, Chair of Physical Chemistry II (W3), Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2008-2010: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Awards
- NRW-Rückkehrerprogramm
- Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant
- FEBS Anniversary Prize of the Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Main Research Areas
- In-cell spectroscopy of neurodegenerative diseases
- Macromolecular crowding
- RNA stability
