He received his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Würzburg (Germany) in the group of Prof. Carsten Schmuck, and was a Feodor Lynen research fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Jean M.J. Fréchet at the University of California Berkeley (USA). His primary research interests are in the fields of bioorganic chemistry and the interface between nanotechnology and biomolecular materials. Currently, his work focuses on the development of dynamic biomaterials in form of multifunctional and biocompatible polymer platforms for the delivery of small molecule drugs, proteins and DNA/RNA.