ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1989       Diplom in Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany

1989       Diploma thesis at Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

1994      Dr. rer. nat., University of Wuerzburg, Germany (‘summa cum laude’; with M. Schartl)

2005      ‘Habilitation’ (Developmental Biology), University of Wuerzburg, Germany

2006      ‘Privatdozent’ (PD, Member of Faculty of Biology), Univ. of Wuerzburg, Germany

2007       Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

PAST EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1994-1996  Postdoctoral fellow, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Germany (with M. Schartl)

1996-1998  HFSP postdoctoral fellow, HHMI, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA (with R.T. Moon)

1998-2007  Group Leader, Physiological Chemistry I, Biocenter, Univ. of Wuerzburg, Germany

2002-2007  Senior Lecturer (with tenure), Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg

2007-now   Associate Professor (since 2013 with tenure), National University of Singapore

AWARDS:

1996-1998   Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010               NUS-Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Exchange Scholarship

2011               Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore

2015               Presidential Visiting Professorship, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

2006-2008   Steering Committee, Graduate College 1048 “Organogenesis”, University of Wuerzburg

2008-now    Member at NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS)

2010-now    Member, Centre for BioImaging Sciences (CBIS) at DBS, NUS

2010-2015    Member, Department Teaching Committee (DTC), DBS, NUS

2012-2015    Chairman, Department Teaching Committee (DTC), DBS, NUS

2013-2023    Member, Department Executive Committee (EXCO), DBS, NUS

2015-2017    Deputy Head of Department, Chairman of the Department Graduate Committee

2017-2023    Assistant Head of Department (Management and Development)

2020-now   Member of IACUC Committee

2023-now   Member of Department Research Committee

2024-now   Director (Scientific), AquaPolis