Ulf is a computational biologist with training in bioinformatics and systems biology and more than 15 years of experience in analysing post-transcriptional gene regulation. His research interests focus on computational RNA biology and Systems Medicine. Ulf completed his PhD at the University of Rostock (Germany). In 2015, he joined the Centenary Institute in Sydney as a post-doctoral Research Officer in the Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program. He later established the Computational Biomedicine Lab at the Centenary. He also holds an appointment as Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney (Faculty of Medicine & Health). 

Ulf and his team develop integrative workflows combining various computational disciplines with experimentation to address questions around non-coding RNAs, post-transcriptional gene regulation, and cancer biology. He has published 58 research articles, 11 book chapters, and 4 books on this topic.