11/1985–02/1993 Study of biology at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen–Nuremberg 1993–1996 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), pass of oral examination on 4 April 1996 in Birmingham; subject of the thesis: Effects of AMPA receptor modulators on synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation 1996–1997 Postdoctoral position at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Erlangen 1997–2002 Postdoctoral position at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich 02/2002 Habilitation in the fields of neuropharmacology 2002–2003 Postdoctoral position at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Department of Anaesthesiology 2003–2004 Medical Information Manager at the pharmaceutical company Cephalon Since 05/2004 Group leader position in preclinical neuroscience research at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 04/2008 Granted professorship (apl) Since 03/2014 GSN and MCN faculty member