My research is mainly based on Alzheimer’s disease (therapy/ pathogenesis) and cognitively healthy aging. We are interested in identifying novel pathways involved in agerelated diseases or staying healthy along aging. For this, we analyzed e.g., cohorts of mice cross-sectionally or longitudinally and by this, faced large data sets that made help from bioinformatics experts valuable. Additionally, we recently started projects with single cell sequencing and spatial transcriptomics that changes our way of approaching research data, in general. Moreover, we often collaborate with labs that perform lipidomics analysis as another layer of data in addition to e.g., transciptomics.

Positions held 

Since 2022   
APL Professor, UMC, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Since 2009   
Head of Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

2008-2014   
Project Leader in NGFN consortium AD-IG

2005-2009   
Research Associate, Institute of Biochemistry / Institute of Therapeutic Life Sciences, Mainz, Germany

Education

2014 
Habilitation in Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

2005  
PhD in Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

2001  
Diploma, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

1996-2001  
Studies of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany