1996 - 2003: Medical School, University of Hamburg, Humboldt University Berlin and University of Freiburg
05/2012: Professor for Clinical and Molecular Oncology (W2), University Hospital Cologne
11/2008: Habilitation in Experimental Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
06/2003: MD thesis, Department of Internal Medicine, Division 4, University of Freiburg, Advisor: Prof. Dr. H. Pavenstädt (Grade: Summa cum laude)
06/2003: Graduation from Medical School, University of Freiburg (Grade: Summa cum laude)
11/2018: Speaker of the Mildred-Scheel School of Oncology Cologne-Bonn
6/2017: Executive attending physician at the Medical Clinic I of the University Hospital Cologne
3/2017: Speaker of the Else Kröner Forschungskolleg: Clonal evolution in cancer
6/2016: Certified Clinical Trials Manager
08/2015: Attending physician (Oberarzt) at the Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Cologne
05/2015: Board exam (certified in general internal medicine and hematology/medical oncology)
01/2015: Elected member of the executive board of the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
01/2013: Head of the Clinical Research Unit-286 “Exploiting defects in the DNA damage response for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia”
01/2012: Elected member of the steering committee of the Helmholtz Alliance Preclinical Comprehensive Cancer Center (PCCC)
06/2012: Scientific coordinator of Research Area C within the Excellence Cluster CECAD
01/2012: Lichtenberg Professor for Clinical and Molecular Oncology, University Cologne
11/2009: Emmy-Noether research group leader at the Medical Clinic I, University Cologne
12/2004 - 10/2009: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Department of Biology, Koch Institute (Profs. M. B. Yaffe, MD, PhD and T. Jacks, PhD)
01/2004 - 11/2004: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Münster (Prof. H. Pavenstädt)
06/2003 - 12/2003: Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Freiburg, (Profs. G. Walz and T. Benzing)
2017: Gilead Research Award Oncology
2016: Theodor Frerichs Award of the German Society of Internal Medicine
2012: GlaxoSmithKline Research Award
2011: Vincenz Czerny Award of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology
2011: W2 Lichtenberg Professorship of the VolkswagenStiftung
2011: Research Award of the Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research
2011: Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award for Cancer Research
2010: Young Leaders in Science Award of the Schering Stiftung
2009: Emmy-Noether fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2009: Startup grant Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, NRW
2009: NIH/NCI K99/R00 PI award (relinquished due to return to Germany)
2007: MIT-Koch Award
2005: Research fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2004: Young investigator award of the Deutsche Nierenstiftung
Professor for Clinical and Molecular Oncology (W2) and attending physician (Oberarzt)
University Hospital of Cologne
Department I for Internal Medicine