Education:

Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum

Diploma in Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum

Study of Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum

Experience:

Project aquisition and project management of interdisciplinary national and international research projects

Co-investigator in the space experiments SURVIVAL II of the missions BIOPAN I und II, SURVIVAL I of the mission BIOPAN III, UVRAD of the mission D-2, REPAIR und KINETICS of the mission IML-2, UVE of the mission Mir'97, EXOBIOLOGIE of the mission PERSEUS, SPORES (planned for 2004 on the ISS), TRIPLELUX (planned for 2004 on the ISS)

Supervision of diploma and PhD students of biology, medicine, mechanical engineering, medical technology and chemical technology

Responsible for Biological Safety at DLR and GMD

Responsible for Radiation Safety at DLR

3 Patents at DLR

former Head of the Radiation Biology Group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Radiation Chemistry in Mülheim