Nov 2001 Dissertation in Mathematics on mathematical concepts of conformation analysis of bio-molecules Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Oct 2002 - Nov 2006 Head of junior research group 'Computational Physiology' DFG Research Center MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies: Modelling, simulation and optimization of real-world processes, Berlin.
Dec 2006 - Nov 2010 Senior Lecturer and head of computational physiology group at the Hamilton Institute. National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), Ireland.
Since Mar 2008 Initiator and program chair of the Graduate Research Training program PharMetrX: Pharmacometrics & Computational Disease Modelling (jointly with C. Kloft, Freie Universität Berlin); joint PhD program of Freie Universität Berlin and University of Potsdam, bridging pharmacy and mathematics. Supported by the research-driven pharmaceutical companies AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis.
Since Dec 2010 Full Professor of 'Mathematical Modelling and Systems Biology' at the Institute of Mathematics, and associated member of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biology. Universität Potsdam.