1974-1977: University of Heidelberg, assistant lecturer
1975-1977: University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; postdoctoral fellow
1977-1978: UCSF, adjunct assistant professor in medicine
1978-1985: Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, senior scientist
1985-1987: Genentech Inc., staff scientist
1987-1995: University of Heidelberg, full professor
1996- : Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Director
Awards, Honors and Scientific Service
1992: Von Humboldt Prize
1992: NEN Dupont Prize
1992: Ernst Schering Prize
1992: Beckurts Prize
1993: Feldberg Prize
1997-1999: Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant Award in Neuroscience
1997: ECNP-Lilly Award
2007: InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
Memberships
Society for Neuroscience
The Endocrine Society
New York Academy of Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Editorial Boards
Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Receptor Research
Life Sciences
Molecular Brain Research
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Reproduction and Development
Neurobiology of Disease; Neuropharmacology
Receptors and Channels
Trends in Neurosciences
Research Grants
Title: EU-Synapse: Neuronal migration – new migratory targets in the postnatal brain for neuroblasts generated in the subventricular zone: molecular and functional characterization
Agency: European Commission
Period of support: 2005-2009
Title: The relevance of Ca-permeable AMPA channels to ALS therapy 2+
Agency: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
Period of support: 2005-2007
Title: Genomic mechanisms of functional recovery in stroke
Agency: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF; Federal Ministery for Education and Research)
Period of support: 2004-2006
Title: Molecular and cellular bases of neural development
Agency: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Research Foundation)