Job History
since 2016 CNRS DR2, group leader Computational Biology at the IBDM, Marseille, France
2013 - 2016 group leader Computational Biology and Service Leader Bioinformatics at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPI-B) in Martinsried, Germany
2010 - 2013 group leader Computational Biology and Service Leader Bioinformatics at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing (MPI-AGE) in Cologne, Germany
2002 - 2010 group leader & service leader Bioinformatics at Scionics Computer Innovation, associated with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany
2000 - 2002 service leader Bioinformatics at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany
1994 - 1996 research assistant in the lab of Hartmut Beug at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Education
1996 - 2000 PhD student in the lab of Hartmut Beug at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
PhD thesis title: Gene Expression Profiling of Erythroid Cells with Respect to Signal Transduction, Terminal Differentiation and Nuclear Receptor Action
1990 - 1994 studies of Molecular Genetics at the University of Vienna
1988 - 1990 studies of Biochemistry at the University of Vienna
Committee Memberships
2023 member of the HCERES committee for the evaluation of the IBENS (Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
since 2023 head of the CENTURI seminars committee
since 2023 member of the CENTURI steering committee
2022 member of the SAB for evaluation of the core facility at Gulbenkian Institute (IGC, Portugal)
2019-2021 member of the CENTURI research committee
2016 - 2018 part of the selection committee for ATIP-AVENIR young group leaders
2014 - 2016 part of the Presidential Max Planck commission for the Advancement of Junior Scientists in the Max Planck Society
2014 - 2015 part of the Max Planck commission for Equal Gender in the Max Planck Society
2011 - 2013 scientific representative of the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing (MPI-AGE)
Editorial Work
since 2022 scientific editor of Scientific Reports
since 2018 editorial board member of Genes