Education and Training
1987 – Medical degree, Free University of Berlin
1989 – Dr. med.  (Research Doctorate), Free University of Berlin (based on 3 publications)
1989-1992 – Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
2001 – Habilitation in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich
2004 – German Medical Board Certification (Facharzt) in Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chamber of Physicians, Berlin
Professional positions
1992-1993 – Instructor, Department of Cell Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine
1993-2005 – Senior Scientist, Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Molecular Neuropharmacology, University of Zurich
2005-2018 – Director, Laboratory of Genetic Neuropharmacology, McLean Hospital and Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
2018–  Professor and Head, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Prizes and Honors
2001– Pfizer Research Prize (Switzerland)
2001– Georg Friedrich Goetz Prize, Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
2013– A.M. (hon.) degree, Harvard University
2014– Listing in “Highly Cited Researchers 2014”, category Pharmacology & Toxicology, Thomson Reuters
2016– PHOENIX Pharmacy Science Prize 2016 in Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy (team award), PHOENIX group, Frankfurt