2014-2017: Member of Executive Board of the Graduate School MINAS - Microbial Natural Products
2013-2021: Member of Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibnitz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Since 2013: Member of Executive Board of the Graduate School HZI-Helmholtz Center for Infection Research
2011-2014: Speaker of LegioProTect - Medical Infection Genomics (BMBF)
2010-2018: Managing Director of the Institute for Microbiology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig
Since 2007: Professor for Microbiology at the Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig, Germany
2003-2007: Lecturer and group leader Topics: Host pathogen interaction, infection models, evolution
1998-2003: Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Würzburg Topics: Environmental pathogens, protozoa, Dictyostelium discoideum
1996-1998: PostDoc at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA Topics: Legionella, Mycobacteria and protozoa
1992-1996: Graduation and PhD with Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. J. Hacker at the Institute of Molecular Infektion Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany Topic: Legionella pneumophila and phagocytic cells
