1939 born in Berlin
1964 Diploma in Chemistry, University of Freiburg
1968 Dr. rer.nat. University of Freiburg (Supervisor Kurt Wallenfels)
1969-1970 Postdoctoral Fellow with Lester Reed, University of Texas at Austin
1971 Research Assistant University of Konstanz
1973 Research at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, with J.-P. Changeux
1974 Habilitation, Biochemistry
1978 Associate Professor University of Konstanz
1979 Associate Professor Freie Universität Berlin
1989 Several offers of Chairs at German Universities
1990 Chair of Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin
1997-1999 Dean of the Chemistry Department
1997 Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities,
2002-2008 Sekretar (Speaker) of the Bioscience/Medical Section, Member of the Board of the Academy
1994 Treasurer,
2001-2005 President of the European Society of Neurochemistry (ESN)
Member of the Council of the ISN (1999-2003), Editorial Board of FEBS Journal (Reviews Editor) and various Scientific journals.
IBCh memberships
