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Research Focus
- “more than pathogen killing”: outline complement´s immunoregulatory roles in B and T cell immunity
- “location, location, location”: relate site of complement activation to its immunological impact
- “seeing is believing”: visualize complement-driven physical and dynamic processes
- “connecting the dots”: identify links between hemostasis and immunity
Scientific career // Education and Scientific Training
since 2015
Full Professor (W3) for systemic complement research, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research (ISEF), University of Lübeck, Germany
2011 - 2015
Research group-leader, Institute for Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany
2008 - 2011
Post-doctoral researcher (with Dirk Busch), Institute for Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany
2005 - 2008
Post-doctoral researcher (with Hans Hengartner and Rolf Zinkernagel), Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1999 - 2005
PhD researcher (with Mike Carroll), Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
1992 - 1998
MSc student in Bioprocess engineering, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Memberships
- German Society of Immunology (DGfI)
- Dutch Society for Immunology (NVVI)
- International Complement Society (ICS) / European Complement Network (ECN)
- German Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research (GTH)
- DGfI Workgroup (Arbeitskreis) Complement
- Cluster of Excellence EXC306
Awards
- 2007 Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship, European Union (EU)
- 2006 Rubicon fellowship, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- 2002 Fellowship of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS)
- 2001 & 2003 Keystone Symposia Scholarships, USA
Funding
Various German Research Foundation (DFG) grants within a.o. CRC 914, IRTG 1911 and CRU 303