Thorsten obtained his Ph.D. in group of Petra Beli at IMB in Mainz,Germany. His work was focused on the identification of R-loop-proximal proteins using quantitative mass spectrometry. Further, he was particularly interested in the repair of endogenous DNA lesions caused by conflicts of the transcription and the replication machineries. In spring of 2023, he joined the Dikic group as a postdoctoral fellow as a part of the quantitative proteomics team.