| April 1988 - June 1991 |
Academic Upper Secondary School (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium, now Kirschgarten Gymnasium, Basel) finishing with the Matura C. |
| October 1991 - July 1995 | Diploma studies in Chemistry at the University of Basel. |
| November 1995 - October 1998 | Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Basel, in the group of Prof. Margareta Neuburger-Zehnder (Title: Chiral, benzylic sulfinic and phosphoric amides: Lithiation, structures and use in asymmetric synthesis). |
| November 1998 - October 2000 | Postdoctoral stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working on the mechanism of the anti-cancer drugs cisplatin and oxaliplatin in the group of Prof. Stephen J. Lippard. |
| December 2000 - April 2003 | Postdoc at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Zürich in the group of Prof. Roger Alberto on DNA recognizing polyamines. |
| May 2003 - May 2009 | Oberassistent and Habilitant at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Zürich in the group of Prof. Roger Alberto. |
| June 2009 - present | Privatdozent and Scientific teamleader (since May 2008) at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Zürich. |
I like doing the following sports: volleyball, (cat)sailing, skiing, and tennis. I am also interested in art, museums and photography.