Born 1958-30-03, Zuerich, Switzerland From 1976/1977 „Technical Chemistry“ at University of Technology Graz/Austria 06/1981 Diploma, „with distinction“, University of Technology Graz/Austria 05/1984 PhD, „with distinction“, University of Technology Graz/Austria 06/1984-09/1986 Senior Research Fellow, Lecturer, University of Technology /Austria 10/1986-09/1989 Senior Research Fellow, University of Zurich/Switzerland 10/1989-04/1992 Senior Research Fellow, University Heidelberg/Germany 04/1992 Habilitation „Pharmaceutical Chemistry“ Univ. Heidelberg/Germany 05/1992 Assoc.-Professor (C3) „Pharmaceutical Biochemistry“ Univ. Heidelberg since 10/1995 Full Professor (C 4) „Organic Chemistry“ University Halle/Germany since 10/2001 Director of the Biocenter Halle 09/1996-08-2003 Dean (Faculty of Chemistry), Univ. Halle since 2015 Editor „Europ. J. Med. Chem.“ Since 2015 Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society since 2016 Managing Director Biocenter Halle