Position: Head BMBF-Research Group Epidermal Systems Biology, Head Hamamatsu Tissue Imaging and Analysis Center (BIOQUANT, Uni Heidelberg)

Degrees: Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Inf.

publications

Research:

• Systems biology and toxicology of epithelial tissues
• Integration of in-vitro and in-silico tissue models
• Multi-agent based modeling of tissues on the cellular level
• Quantitative high-throughput image analysis of tissue samples
• Virtual microscopy / digital pathology
• Antibody based Proteomics
• Highly specific data mining of regulatory gene and protein sequences

Education:

• Supervision of theses
• Bioinformatics (since 2005; study course medical informatics)
• Practices for algorithms and data structures (1999,2000; study course computer science, University Magdeburg)

Spin-offs:
Founding and Managing Director of the ageLab Pharma GmbH Hamburg; spin-off from the Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research at the University Hamburg Eppendorf (2001-2004)

Conference organisation:
Organisation of the 1st European Workshop on Tissue Imaging and Analysis in Heidelberg (2009)

Boards and Reviews:

• Referee for national and international Conferences
• Referee for international Research Grants

Grants:

• BMBF-FORSYS (Junior Research Group on Epidermal Systems Biology)
• BMBF-MEDSYS (Systems Biology of Wound Closure)
  
• Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
• Procter & Gamble
• Hamamatsu Photonics
• National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)