1995 Diploma of Biochemistry at University of Bayreuth, Germany until 1998: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, MPI for physiological Chemistry, Dortmund, Germany until 2001: Postdoc in Structural Immunology, I.A. Wilson lab, TSRI, La Jolla, Ca, USA until 2006: Group leader at University of Göttingen, Germany since 2006: Structural Biology & Biophysics at Roche, Basel, Switzerland