Adrian obtained his master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Neurobiology at TU Kaiserslautern In 2019, working on the impact of impaired mitochondrial protein import in D. melanogaster. Joining the Stolz Lab in 2020 as a PhD student, Adrian shifted his research interest towards the ER as part of a collaboration with the Lemberg lab at Universität zu Köln. There, he is investigating the impact of rhomboid pseudoproteases on membrane protein degradation in S. cerevisiae. Within the project, Adrian subsequently joined the Lemberg lab, to complete his project and PhD at the Universtät zu Köln.