| 1966 | Born in Berlin |
| 1985-1990 | Study of Microbiology at the University St. Petersburg |
| 1990-1991 | Research assistant Institute of Technical Microbiology, Berlin-Buch |
| 1991-1994 | PhD student at the Institute for Biology (Dept. of Genetics) of the Humboldt University, Berlin, Prof. Dr. T. Börner |
| 1994-1998 | Postdoc at Humboldt University Berlin |
| 1998-2000 | Scholarship (Promotion of women in science) Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Genetics |
| 2001-2007 | Assistant professor, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Plant Biochemistry |
| 2006 | Habilitation and venia legendi in Molecular Biology at Humboldt University Berlin |
| 2008 | W2-Professor for Microbiology at University of Giessen |
| 2012 | W3-Professor for Molecular Genetics at University of Freiburg |
Fellowship
| 1991-1994 | PhD student fellowship (NaFöG) |
| 1998-2000 | Fellowship from “Hochschulsonderprogramm III” for promotion of woman in science |
Current Research Projects
| Type IV pilus dependent functions in cyanobacteria |
| Assembly of photosynthetic complexes |
| Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis |
| Role of small regulators RNAs in cyanobacteria |
| Function of the circadian clock in cyanobacteria |
| Role of c-di-GMP and phytochrome photoreceptors in phototaxis |
| biotechnological applications of cyanobacteria |