Curriculum Vitae

Born on 5. Juli 1943 in Lodz. Study of Physics in Braunschweig, New Orleans and Hamburg, Doctoral thesis in biophysics Univ. Heidelberg (1973), postdoctoral research at Brandeis University (1974-1976), staff scientist at Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (1977-1985), Habilitation in Biophysics Univ. Heidelberg (1981), Director of research group "Cytoskeleton" and acting head of Max Planck Unit for Structural Molecular Biology at Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron DESY, Hamburg (since 1986), Scientific Member at the Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg (Outstation Hamburg) (since 1999).