Curriculum Vitae
Position and Employment
1995-1996
Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany
1996-2000
Resident and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
1999-2000
Resident and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Germany
2000-2007
Research Group Leader Clinical Genetics, Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zürich, Switzerland
2000-2004
Deputy Clinical Director, Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zürich, Switzerland
2003 (June/July)
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, Bethesda/MD
2003-2007
Research Professor (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation), Division of Psychiatry Research, University of
Zürich, Switzerland
2007-pres
Full Professor and Director, Division of Molecular Psychology;
Head of the Life Sciences Training Facility, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
2008-pres
Chairman, Neuroscience Network Basel
Honors
2000
Bernhard-von-Gudden Preis; LMU, TU und MPI für Psychiatrie, München
2003
Best clinical study Award, Swiss Society for Neuroscience
2004
Vontobel-Preis für Altersforschung, Zürich
Fields of Specialization
Scientific:
Neuroscience, Psychiatric Genetics, Neurodegeneration
Clinical:
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Gerontopsychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
Memberships
Since 2001
Board Certification for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, German Board of Physicians
Since 1996
Society for Neuroscience
Since 2001
Swiss Society for Neuroscience
Since 2001
International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
Since 2006
Swiss Society for Biological Psychiatry
Since 2007
Basel Neuroscience Program
Since 2007
Neuroscience Upper Rhine Network (Neurex)
Reviewer (Journals):
New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Human Molecular Genetics, Mol.
Psychiatry, Neurobiology of Aging, Biol. Psychiatry, Am J of Medical Genetics a.o.
Reviewer (Grants):
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer
Research Initiative a.o.
