Personal Statement;
I am serving as the Director of the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology (IMOS) and hold a Professorship for Molecular Oncology awarded within the competitive DFG-Heisenberg program. Concurrently, I have built up and now lead the first Organoid Core Facility in Germany. In my clinical track I serve as Chief of the Division for Interdisciplinary Pancreatology at the Clinic of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Hospital. The close proximity of my research lab and clinical structures facilitates the development of basic science into translational objectives. My research focuses on pancreatic development, hereditary pancreatic diseases, and pancreatic cancer, integrating innovative stem cell-based systems, organoid models, and precision oncology platforms. This work has been recognized with the 2023 German Cancer Prize, a DFG Reinhart-Koselleck Award, and multiple professorial appointments, fellowships and awards.
Current Positions;
| Since 10/2022: | Director of the Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, University of Ulm |
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| Since 10/2022: | Division Chief, Interdisciplinary Pancreatology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Hospital |
| Since 10/2022: | Appointment to the ""W3 Professorship for Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology"", University of Ulm (accepted) |
| Since January 2021: | Head of the B Centre for Liver, Intestinal and Pancreatic Diseases at the Centre for Rare Diseases |
| 2019-2024: | Heisenberg Professorship of the German Research Foundation (DFG), University of Ulm |
| 08/2019: | Appointment to the ""W3 Professorship for Molecular Oncology"", University of Ulm (accepted) |
| 02/2016: | Associate professorship |
| Since 2014: | Clinical senior physician |
| 08/2013: | Habilitation ""Stem cell differentiation and cellular reprogramming as clinically relevant model systems"" |
| 08/2013: | Specialist in ""Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology"" |
| Since 2011: | Research group leader |
| 2008-2011: | Postdoc, Prof. Dr Karl-Lenhard Rudolph, University of Ulm |
| 2006-2008: | Research assistant, Prof Thomas Seufferlein, Ulm University Hospital |