ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
1989 Diplom in Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
1989 Diploma thesis at Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
1994 Dr. rer. nat., University of Wuerzburg, Germany (‘summa cum laude’; with M. Schartl)
2005 ‘Habilitation’ (Developmental Biology), University of Wuerzburg, Germany
2006 'Privatdozent' (PD, Member of Faculty of Biology), Univ. of Wuerzburg, Germany
2007 Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
PAST EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1994-1996 Postdoctoral fellow, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Germany (with M. Schartl)
1996-1998 HFSP postdoctoral fellow, HHMI, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA (with R.T. Moon)
1998-2007 Group Leader, Physiological Chemistry I, Biocenter, Univ. of Wuerzburg, Germany
2002-2007 'Akademischer Rat' (tenured), Biocenter, Univ. of Wuerzburg
2007-now Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
AWARDS:
1996-1998 Human Frontier Science Programm (HFSP) Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship
2010 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship to visit the National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan (NIBB)
2011 Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:
2006-2008 Member of Steering Committee, Graduate College 1048 “Organogenesis” at University of Wuerzburg (Objective: Coordination of Graduate Program in Developmental Biology) (external member from 04/2007 to 10/2008)
2008-now Supervisor at the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering
2010-now Member of the Department Teaching Evaluation Committee (DTEC), DBS, NUS
2010-now Member of the Centre for BioImaging Sciences (CBIS) at DBS, NUS
2010-now Co-director of the Graduate Programme in BioImaging at DBS, NUS
2012-now Member of the Department Teaching Assignment Committee, DBS, NUS
2012-now Chairman of the Department Teaching Evaluation Committee (DTEC), DBS, NUS
