Short Vita:
1993-1996  Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH
PhD-thesis on RNA-binding proteins of plant mitochondria

1996-2006 Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Halle (Saale)
Cytology and biochemistry of plastids in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; accumulation of carotenoid degradation products in the course of this symbiosis

2006-2008 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Cytological and molecular analysis of giant cells induced by root knot nematodes in plant roots

2008-2015 Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research Leipzig
The relevance of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis under field conditions