Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ralf got his Abitur from the Gymnasium am Hoptbühl, Villingen-Schwenningen (Germany).

He then did his Zivildienst (civilian service in lieu of military service) with the Malteser Hilfsdienst in Villingen-Schwenningen, where he qualified as Rettungssanitäter (ambulance officer).

He studied chemistry at the Universität Konstanz and got his Diplom with Prof. Dr. Richard R. Schmidt. Ralf stayed in the Schmidt group to do research on the synthesis and evaluation of sialyltransferase inhibitors and got his Ph D in 2003.

In 2003 he joined the Davis group as a postdoc and is currently working on the synthesis of "glycodendriproteins" in a collaboration with Genencor International^®.

Last updated: 14-04-04