Professor of Biomolecular Spectroscopy and Single-Molecule Detection

• 2007– present: Associate Professor (W2), Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany and Research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen


• 2003–2007: Tenure-Track Faculty Position (Juniorprofessor), Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.


• 2003–2006: Emmy-Noether research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and University of Göttingen, Germany


• 2001–2003: Head of Department Optics & Detection, DIREVO Biotech AG, Cologne, Germany.


• 1999–2001: Postdoc (Prof. Dr. G.R. Fleming), University of California at Berkeley, USA.


• 1998: Postdoc (Prof. Dr. M. Orrit), CNRS Bordeaux, France.


• 1996–1998: Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry (Prof. Dr. J. Troe), Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.


• 1994–1996: Diploma Degree in Chemistry (Prof. Dr. J. Troe), Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.


• 1991–1994: Studies of Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Major Research Interests

Application and Development of optical techniques for the investigation of biological mechanisms with particular emphasis on confocal and non-linear spectroscopy for the investigation of single biomolecular events and photosynthesis.


Homepage Department/Research Group
http://www.mpibpc.gwdg.de/research/ags/walla/index.html


Selected Recent Publications