Education:

Ph.D. in Biology, Faculty of Biology, RWTH Aachen, Ph.D. Thesis at DLR Cologne

Diploma in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Cologne, Diploma Thesis at Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Study of Biology at the Faculty of Biology, University Cologne

Experience:

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

Co-investigator in the space experiments, SURVIVAL I of the mission BIOPAN III, MARSTOX I and II on BIOPAN IV and V planned for 2005, SPORES (planned for 2005 on the ISS), TRIPLELUX (planned for 2005 on the ISS), Coordinator of the ESA Experiment SSIOUX, Coordinator of DLR-EnviHab, Co-investigator in the DFG-Project UV radiation and Deinococcus radiodurans

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

former Group Leader of the project group Radiation exposure of Humans of the Institute Aerospace Medicine at the Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen and project leader of SPORES (planned for 2005 on the ISS) including the experiments TRIPLELUX (planned for 2005 on the ISS) and MARSTOX I and II on BIOPAN IV and V at RWTH Aachen, in cooperation with DLR