Education

1995 - 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow (DFG Research Grant)
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Advisor: Prof. K. Barry Sharpless
Project: Catalytic asymmetric aminohydroxylation of unfunctionalized olefines.

1995: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (summa cum laude)
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Advisor: Prof. Dr. G. Helmchen
Thesis: Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitutions with cyclic substrates.

1991: Research Fellow
University of Cambridge, UK
Advisor: Prof. A. B. Holmes
Project: Regioselective Bayer-Villiger oxidation of bicyclic ketones.

1990: Diploma Degree in Chemistry
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Advisor: Prof. Dr. G. Helmchen
Thesis: First asymmetric synthesis of Mitsugashiwalactone.

1984 - 1990: Graduate Studies in Chemistry
University of Heidelberg, Germany