Dresden, Saxony, Germany
At the beginning of my career in 1980 and 81 I worked for two years as a laboratory manager in a quality and production laboratory (polyurethane) in the Synthesewerk Schwarzheide (now BASF) in the field of polyurethane production. After moving to the Central Institute of Molecular Biology of the Academy of Sciences in 1981, I worked in ESR-spectroscopy and its application to medical and plant biology issues. Since 1986 I was working on the preparation of ultrathin layers (Langmuir-Blodgett) for biosensors as well as for experimental setups of photoinitiated electron transfer for bioelectronic applications. Since 1990 I was the head of the laboratory "Ultrathin layers". In 1994 I moved to the Institute of Physics of the Humboldt University of Berlin, where I continued to work with the ultrathin layers on the photophysical fundamentals of photodynamic therapy of psoriasis. Then I changed for 1998/99 to the Institute of Physics, where I built a cryomicroscope for the observation of frozen cells and their manipulation. In January 2000 I went to the TU Dresden, Institute of Materials Science, Chair for Biomaterials, first as scientific assistant, since 2005 in permanent position as group leader of the group "Biomimetic Materials and Biomaterial Analysis" and Principal Investigator. The main topic is resorbable biomaterials for bone replacement, from development and analysis to cell testing. Since 2010, I have been subproject leader and member of the board of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio TRR79 (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft): "Materials for tissue regeneration within systemically altered bone." Furthermore, I work as a peer-reviewer for numerous scientific journals and regularly review project proposals, e.g. for the German Research Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, the European Research Council (Remote Reviewer) and I am a member of a Strategic Expert Group of the EU-funded M-era.Net network (Advanced material-based technologies in health applications). Since 2009 I give regular lectures at the TU Dresden in Materials Science. At first, it was the basic lecture "Biomaterials", later the special lectures "Resorbable Biomaterials", "Applied Biomechanics", "Bioinspired Materials" and "Characterization of Soft Materials" including the corresponding exercises and/or lab courses. The target group are students from the 1st and 2nd semester as well as, for the special lectures, from the higher semesters. I also supervised internships for pupils from science-oriented grammar schools.
Fachlehrer für Chemie und allgemeine Naturwissenschaften an einer evangelischen, staatlich anerkannten Integrierte Sekundarschule mit gymnasialer Oberstufe in freier Trägerschaft in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg.
Principal Investigator; Research group leader "Biomimetic Materials and Biomaterial Analytics" (BMBA), Since 2009, I have been lecturing in subjects including Biomaterials, Bioinspired Materials, Resorbable Biomaterials, Applied Biomechanics, Analytical Methods for Soft Materials, giving seminars, conducting practicals and examining. Especially for first-year students, I conduct a so-called learning workshop (Lernwerkstatt) with the topic: "Microscopy of Biomaterials." I hold special seminars on methods for writing theses, especially on scientific literature research and evaluation in so-called "Journal Clubs." I also supervised internships for pupils from a science-oriented grammar school. Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Institute of Materials Science, Biomaterials Chair, Technische Universät Dresden
Microscopy Lab: Fluorescence-, confocal Laser Scanning, 2-photon- and Atomic Force Microscopy - Live Cell and Time Lapse Microscopy Topics: Bone Replacement Materials, Scaffolds, Cell populations on the Materials, Surface topographies, roughness etc.
Langmuir-Blodgett-(LB)-Films, Fatty acids with incorporated electron donors and electron acceptors; Photoinitiated electron transfer processes; LB-Films bearing enzymes (e.g. glucose oxidase) on Pt-electrodes (enzyme sensors); Photosystem 2 in LB-films on electrodes (Herbicide sensor)