Education:
1983 - 1989 University of Cologne, Biology (M Sc)
1989 - 1992 GBF - Institut for Biotechnological Research (Germany)(Ph D)
University of Braunschweig
1999 Habilitation in Biochem. University of Paris VII
Academic Employment:
1989 -1992 GBF (Germany), Research assistant (Biosensors)
1993 - 1995 ICGM - Institute Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire (Paris), Junior
post-doctoral Research fellow(Regulation of G protein-coupled receptors)
1996 - 1998 ICGM, Senior post-doctoral Research fellow (Melatonin receptors)
1998 - 2005 Permanent Senior (CR1 INSERM)(Mol. Endocrinol.)
2005 - 2010 Research director (DR2, INSERM) and group leader at the Institut Cochin
2011 - present Research director (DR1, INSERM) and group leader at the Institut Cochin
Domains of Research
Molecular Pharmacology, Biochemistry, G protein-coupled receptors, Diabetes/obesity, Circadian Rhythms, Melatonin, BRET, Leptin, Therapeutique approches, Ligand screening