Academic qualifications

14-12-1998         Habilitation, University of Göttingen, Germany

17-12-1988         Doctoral Degree, College of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany. German equivalent of PhD.

11-12-1986         Veterinary Medical Board Exam, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany. German equivalent of BVSc.

Most significant awards 

2009 - 2019  Senior Research Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC

1992 - 1994  German Research Council Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award, German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

1988        Erich Aehnelt-Memorial Prize, awarded for the best doctoral thesis at the College of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

Most significant grants and funding 

2015-2017    Project Grant: Regulation of haematopoietic stem cells through histone modifications, National Health and Medical Research Council

2015-2017    Project Grant: Chromatin regulation of neural stem cell multipotency, National Health and Medical Research Council

2013 -2015   Project grant: Understanding the regulation of craniofacial development through control of chromatin and gene transcription, National Health and Medical Research Council

2012 - 2014 Project Grant: Understanding the control of brain development and endocrine function through central regulation of gene transcription, National Health and Medical Research Council

2011-2013    Project Grant: Effects of the histone acetyltransferases MOZ and QKF on chromatin modifications, National Health and Medical Research Council

Service to the community

2014-2015    Convenor and Chair, Lorne Genome Conference

2011-2013    Organising Committee Member, Lorne Genome Conference

2010- 2013   Organising committee, Hunter Cell Biology Meeting

2009-2011    Project Grant Panel Member, National Health and Medical Research Council

2009    Career Developmental Award Panel Chair, National Health and Medical Research Council