University Education: 1987-1993, Biotechnology (Diploma), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

Dissertation: 1993-1996, Disseration German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering Division, Braunschweig, Germany.

Habiliation: 2006, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Positions 1993-1996: Research Assistant, German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering Division, Braunschweig, Germany. 1997-1998: Post-doc at Department of Applied Chemistry & ...

Since August 2008 I am professor in Systems Biology at the VU University Amsterdam. My Systems Bioinformatics group focusses on systems biology with a special focus on integrative bioinformatics. It aims at forming bridges between the classical bottom-up approaches in systems biology and the more data-driven approaches in classical bioinformatics. We combine experimental, modeling and theoretical approaches to study cellular physiology, with an emphasis on metabolic networks.