Education	1992 Technical University (TU) of Munich, Germany; Vordiplom Biology
	1995 TU Munich, Germany; Diplom Biology (Microbiology, Genetics, Immunology, Civil Engineering)
	1998 TU Munich, Germany, Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) Microbiology
Employment	1996-98 Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich, Department of Microbiology, Germany
	1999-2002 Research Scientist (PostDoc) at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department for Molecular Ecology, Bremen, Germany
	since 2003 Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department for Molecular Ecology, Bremen, Germany
Professional Experience	1999-2000 Cooperation with BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) for screening of commercially usable marine products
	2001-2003 Cooperation with AstraZeneca (Brixham, UK) for development of a monitoring system for the persistence of chemicals in the marine environment
	2003 Participation in the international cruises to the Namibian upwelling system with the RV Meteor (M57/3) and across the Atlantic Ocean with the RRS Jams Clark Ross (AMT13 )
	since 2005 Member of the faculty of the International Max Planck Research School (Marmic)
	2006 Chief Scientist of the Marmic :V:I:S:I:O:N: cruise from Reykjavik to Lisbon through the North Atlantic Ocean.