About
Academic education, including academic degrees 1976 – 1982 Study of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Frankfurt, Dipl. Biol. Scientific graduation 1982 – 1986 PhD student in the Laboratory of Prof. H. Fasold, Institute of Biochemistry and the Paul-Ehrlich Institute in Frankfurt (Dr. phil. nat.) Employment Since 2012 Academic Director of the Life Imaging Center Since 2007 Head of the Life Imaging Center (LIC) at the Center for Biological Systems Analysis (ZBSA), the joint Imaging Core Facility of the University Freiburg 2002 – 2007 Head of the Imaging Core Facility of the Medical Faculty, University Freiburg 2001 – 2007 Head of the Life Imaging Center at the Institute of Biology I, University Freiburg, Academic Oberrat 1994 – 2000 Group Leader, Institute of Physiology II, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg 1993 – 1994 Visiting Fellow at the NHLBI/Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, NIH, Bethesda, MD 1992 – 1993 Fogarty Research Fellow, National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (Prof. K. Spring, Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Research) 1986 – 1992 Postdoc at the MPI of Biophysics, Frankfurt and at the Institute of Physiology II, University of Freiburg (Group of Prof. R. Greger) Other activities, awards, and honors 2024 - present Co-Chair of Steering Committee, Member of Editorial Review Board and Annual Meeting Committee 2020 Founder of QUAREP-LiMi – International initiative "Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy 2017 – present Member of ISO/TC 172/SC 5 Microscopes and endoscopes 2017- 2020 Co-Founder and Vice Speaker of German BioImaging – Society for Microscopy and Image Analysis e.V. 2016 – present Member of DIN-Normenausschuss Feinmechanik und Optik NA 027-01-04 AA Microscopes 2014 Organizer International Meeting Trends in Microscopy (TIM 2014) "Keeping pace with techniques, increasing resolution and data flood" 2010 – 2015 German Coordinator for EuroBioImaging together with Elisa May 2010 Co-Founder of German-BioImaging, German Light Microscopy Network 2005 Organizer International Imaging-Meeting "From static spots to dynamic proteome visualization and beyond" in Freiburg (First TIM 2005) 2004 – present Member, European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) 1993 – 1994 NIH Visiting fellowship 1992 – 1993 Fogarty Research Fellowship of the National Institute of Health (NIH) 1985 – 1986 Scholarship for junior scientists awarded by the HESSEN state 1984 – 1985 Scholarship of the Hermann-Schlosser-Foundation (DEGUSSA).