since 2014 Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Leader, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden within Helmholtz Association and joint appointment DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), TU Dresden
2009–2014 Post-doctoral fellow, DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), TU Dresden
2005–2009 Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
2003–2005 M.Sc., Max Planck Research School for Molecular Biology, University of Göttingen
1999–2003 B.Sc., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey