Scientific career: Since 2003: Full professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. 1998–2003: Assistant professor, University of Düsseldorf, Germany. 1997–1998: Postdoc with Prof. Camille G. Wermuth, Institute de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France. 1992–1996: Ph.D. student. Ph.D. thesis with Prof. H.-D. Hoeltje, Free University of Berlin and University of Düsseldorf, Germany. 1987–1992: Study of Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Germany. Research focus: Computational and structure-based design of novel epigenetic modulators for the therapy of cancer and parasitic diseases.