Awards, distinctions and additional professional activities
2023: Henriette Herz-Scout, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2023: CDD Juerg Tschopp Prize
since 2020: Speaker of the CRC 1403 on Cell Death in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease at University of Cologne
2019 – 2023:Member, CECAD Executive Board, Cologne Excellence Cluster EXC2030 “Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases” (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
2019 – 2023: Coordinator, Research Area 3 “Environment/organism interactions in aging and aging-associated diseases”, CECAD Cluster of Excellence EXC2030 “Cellular stress responses in aging-associated diseases”, University of Cologne, Germany
2018: Advanced Grant, European Research Council (ERC)
2017: Selection Committee Member, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), University of Crete, Greece
2013: Advanced Grant, European Research Council (ERC)
2012 – 2018: Coordinator, Research Area E “Inflammation in Aging-associated Diseases”, CECAD Cluster of Excellence EXC229 “Cellular stress responses in aging-associated diseases”, University of Cologne, Germany
2012 – 2014: LS4 Panel Chair, ERC Life Sciences Consolidator Grants
since 2011: Editorial Board, EMBO Molecular Medicine
2010 – 2011: Acting Director, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany
2010 – 2011: Elected Vice Chair, Centre of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Germany
2009 – 2012: Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Immunology
2009 – 2010: LS4 Panel Member, ERC Life Sciences Starting Grants
2008: Elected Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
2008: Departmental Advisory Board Member, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Gent, Belgium
2005: Chair, External Departmental Evaluation Board, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Gent, Belgium
2000: Special Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 years), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
1997: Long Term EMBO Fellowship (2 years), Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
1996: Short-term EMBO Fellowship, Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993: Short-term EMBO Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK