Currently head of the MPG Sequencing Core Facility in Berlin (since 01/2010) and of the Next Generation Sequencing Group at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Molecular Genetics (since 12/2007). Senior Scientist at the MPI (07/2002-11/2007), Group Leader DNA Sequencing at the GenProfile AG (01/1999-06/2002), PhD in molecular medicine at the Charite (Institute for Clinical Pharmacology), Scientist in the Genome Research Group at the Max Delbrück Centrum, Berlin (10/1995-12/1998), Study of molecular biology at the University of Osnabrück (10/1989-11/94).