PhD Organic Chemistry, Technical University Berlin.

German Chemistry Diploma, University of Muenster, Germany.

VCI PhD fellowship, Fonds der chemischen Industrie, 1993.

Feodor Lynen fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1996.

Readership in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, ICR, 2017.

Scientific advisory board (SAB), SAB member, EU-Openscreen, 2019.

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), SAB member, Sixth Element Capital, 2016-2018.

Drug Design board, External examiner, UCL, 2014-2018.