Scientific background
Call for the position of Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany (declined)
Director of the Hygiene-Institute (since 2009 Department for Infectious Diseases) of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Full professor and chairman of the virology division at the Hygiene-Institut of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Executive Director of the Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Chair of the scientific counsil of the Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Full professor and head of the department „Cell Biology and Virology“ at the Heinrich-Pette-Institut für experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie at the Universität Hamburg, Germany
Call for a full professorship (C4) „Virology“ at the Universität Ulm, Germany (declined)
Call for a full professorship (C4) „Molecular Virology“ at the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany (declined)
Head of the department "Viral Immunosuppression" at the DKFZ.
Staff scientist and group leader at the research program „Applied tumour virology“ of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Fellow with E. Wimmer at the Department of Microbiology of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A.
Commendations
Johann Gregor Mendel medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Gold medal of Charles University, Prague
Elected Fellow American Academy of Microbiology
Heinz Ansmann Award for AIDS research
Ordre du Merit of Burkina Faso
HMLS Research Award, Heidelberg
Member Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
Faculty medal of Heidelberg University Medical Faculty
Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences)
Professional memberships
Associate Editor PLoS Pathogens
Member and Vice-chairman Scientific Advisory Board, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Scientific Advisory Board, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, U.S.A.
Scientific Advisory Board, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Cologne, Germany
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board CHS-Stiftung Heidelberg, Germany
Scientific Advisory Board, Robert-Koch-Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Member „Hochschulrat“ Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (until 2019)
Chairman Scientific Advisory Board Centro Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain (until 2015)
Editorial Board Virology (until 2013)
Chairman of the committee on „Antiviral Therapy“ of the German Society for Virology (GfV)
Scientific Advisory Board IZKF-Erlangen, Germany
Scientific Advisory Board Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany
Zentrale Kommission für die Biologische Sicherheit (Biosafety committee appointed by the federal government; ZKBS)
DFG senate committee on central questions of molecular biology research (Senatskommission für Grundsatzfragen der Genforschung)
Member of the steering committee of the Wilhelm- and Maria Meyenburg-Stiftung
Offices and posts held
Chairman of the Executive Board German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
Vice-Dean for Research Medical Faculty Heidelberg; Heidelberg University
Speaker of the DFG coordinated research program SFB1129 “Integrative analysis of pathogen replication and spread”
Deputy speaker of Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences Research Council (FoF 1 of Excellence Initiative)
Member of the founding directorate BIOQUANT centre for systems biology at Heidelberg University
Coordinator of the DFG Excellence Cluster “Cellular Networks” at Heidelberg University
Coordinator research focus „Infectious Diseases“ of Heidelberg University Medical School
Vice-President Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
Chairperson Internal Advisory Board, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)
Coordinator Thematic Translational Unit HIV in German Center for Infectious Diseases Research (DZIF)
Academic Director Marsilius-Kolleg, Heidelberg University (Center for Advanced Study, funded through Excellence Inintiative)
Coordinator of the DFG central research program „Dynamics of cellular membranes and their exploitation by viruses“
Member and deputy speaker of the DFG Fachkollegium (study section)
Speaker SFB 544 „Control of tropical infectious diseases“
Speaker Research network „Resistance development of human pathogens“ of the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg
Member of steering committee and coordinator project area A SFB 545: “Molecular mechanisms of genetic diseases“.
Deputy speaker BMBF collaborative research grant: “Pathogenesis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection“.
Deputy speaker DFG-Forschergruppe: “Intracellular RNA-transport“.
Speaker BMBF collaborative research grant: “Development of novel retroviral vectors with enhanced safety for somatic gene therapy “
Speaker BMBF collaborative AIDS research grant Heidelberg: “Rational approaches towards therapy and prevention of HIV infection based on structure-function-relationship of viral proteins and RNAs“
