Study of chemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität
in Münster.
PhD thesis at the Technical University of Berlin (1990).
Further study on computer languages, operating systems and communication,
Siemens Nixdorf, Berlin (1992-1993).
Department of Bioinformatics, Max-Delbrück-Center (1993-1999).
Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn (2000-2002).
Department of Bioinformatics and Gene Mapping Center, Max-Delbrück-Center (2003-2005).
Department of Genetics and Genomics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Max-Delbrück-Center (2006-2021).
Retired Feb. 2021.
Research Interests
genetic epidemiology, statistical programs for mapping monogenic and multifactorial diseases, linkage and association analysis, DNA microarrays, chromosome copy number variations, next generation sequencing.
