After aquisition of my doctoral degree (Ph.D) in natural sciences (biology), 4 year postdoc experience at the Netherland Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, patent application of a small compound potentially useful in combination chemotherapy of cancer in collaboration with cancer research technologies, UK.Thereafter five years experience as group leader in research at the University Hospital Mannheim, University Heidelberg, Germany. Research in the field of vascular medicine, immunology and oncology. From 2010-2012 research group leader at the University of Giessen. Continuation of research initiated in Mannheim. Filing of a patent related to treatment of human allergies. Since October 2012 Professor for Molecular Dermatology at the University of Würzburg. Primary research interest in innate immunity/allergy, vascular medicine and oncology.Specialties: Microarray Analysis, RNA interference, Research in the fields of Cell Biology, Vascular biology/Angiogenesis, Oncology, Innate Immunity and Dermatology