born in 1960
Studies and professional career
1966-1978 Schools attended in Gummersbach and Wesel
1978 Studies in History and Latin at University of Düsseldorf
1978/79-1984 Studies in Greek, Latin, Ancient Philosophy and Ancient History at University of Cologne and, sponsered with a DAAD scholarship, in 1982/83 at University of Pisa
1984 First State Examination in Greek and Latin at University of Cologne
1984-1987 Scholarship for a doctorate in Classics at University of Cologne (and in 1986/87 at St. John’s College, Oxford)
1988 Doctorate in Classics at University of Cologne (thesis on Oenomaus of Gadara)
1988-1991 Scholarship at the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi in Napoli
1991-1996 Researcher (wiss. Mitarbeiter) at the F.J. Dölger-Institut für die Erforschung der Spätantike at Bonn University (working on the Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum)
1996-2001 Researcher at the Arbeitsstelle für Papyrologie, Epigraphik und Numismatik der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften at the Institut für Altertumskunde of Cologne University
1999 Venia legendi (Habilitation) in Classical philology at University of Cologne (thesis: Die Karikatur in antiker Komödie und satirischer Literatur)
2000 Substitute professur of Latin at University of Potsdam
2000-2004 Chair of Classical Philology (C4-Greek) at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
since 2004 Chair of Classical Philology and Papyrology (C4) at the Institut für Altertumskunde of Cologne University
Appointments and assignments
2000-2004 Co-optated (Mitantragsteller) at the DFG-Graduate School Leitbilder des Spätantike at Jena University
Since 2004 Director of Arbeitsstelle für Papyrologie, Epigraphik und Numismatik der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Köln. The long term project Edition und Kommentierung von Papyrusurkunden was positively evaluated by international committees on behalf of the Union der Akademien in 2006 and 2012.
Since 2005 Member of the Committees Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte (2005-2010) and Die antiochenische und alexandrinische Bibelexegese in der Spätantike (since 2010) at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2009-2010 One semester research leave at the Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies – Genesis, Dynamics, and Mediality of Cultural Figurations
Since 2010 Ordinary member of the Klasse für Geisteswissenschaften of the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Since 2010 Member of the Head Direction (Zentraldirektion) of Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (reelected for further five years in May 2015)
Since 2010 Member of the Consiglio direttivo of the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi in Napoli
Since 2011 Member of the Presidium of the Mommsen-Gesellschaft e.V. / Verband der deutschsprachigen Forscherinnen und Forscher auf dem Gebiete des Griechisch-Römischen Altertums (reelected for further 2 years in April 2015)
Since 2013 Member of the Comité International de Papyrologie of the Association Internationale de Papyrologues
Since 2017 Vicepresident of the Consiglio direttivo of the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi in Napoli
Since 2017 Vicepresident (Stellvertretender Sekretar) of the Klasse für Geisteswissenschaften of the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Collaborations in larger research projects:
Since 1996 Collaborator of the Philodemus Translation Project of the National Endowment for Humanities (working together with Prof. Dirk Obbink, Christ Church, Oxford)
2001-2004 Co-responsable for the application at DFG and for the direction of the Papyrusprojekt Jena-Halle-Leipzig
2007-2012 Partner in the International Archaeological and Epigraphical Survey in Oenoanda (Turkey) under the direction of Martin Bachmann, Deputy Director of Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul (see http://www.dainst.org/de/project/oinoanda?ft=all)
2012-2016 Director of the projects Virtuelle Zusammenfügung und GIS-bezogene Dokumentation aller bekannten Steinfragmente der philosophischen Monumentalinschrift des Diogenes von Oinoanda financed by the Fritz Thyssen-Gesellschaft (2012-2013) and Rekonstruktion der philosophischen Monumentalinschrift des Diogenes und Dokumentation ihres archäologischen Kontexts durch die webfähige Forschungs- und Informationsplattform eines Oinoanda-GIS financed by DFG (2014-2016) in collaboration with Martin Bachmann († in 2016), Deputy Director of Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul
2014-2017 Co-responsable, under the direction of Claudia Sode, for the successful application at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), and as project partner, planning an own partial edition, in the project Das Alt-Jerusalemer Orationale (Euchologion) in georgischer Überlieferung. Vergleichende Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentare