1959 Born in Ludwigsburg, Germany; Undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Freiburg

1993 – 1999 Research Assistant at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunolgy, Prof. Dr. Klaus Eichmann, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology

Since 2000  Head of FACS Facility at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany