Habilitation in Computer Science (Dr. habil.) in 2006.
Research Experience
Since 2016, Professor and Chair for Life Science Informatics at the Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz, Germany; 2018-2021, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne), Australia; 2014-2016, Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University (Melbourne), Australia; 2007-2014, Professor and Chair for Bioinformatics at the Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, and Coordinator Bioinformatics at IPK Gatersleben (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research), Germany; 2003-2007, Research Group Leader at IPK Gatersleben (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research), Germany; 2001-2002, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer at the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, Australia; 1997-2001, Research Fellow and Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) with Prof. Dr. Franz J. Brandenburg at the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Passau, Germany.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2001; Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Passau, Germany, in 1997.
Background
Research interests include life science informatics, with a focus on bioinformatics.