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University Education
| 1980 – 1987 | Studies of Medicine and Biology at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) Germany and University of Newcastle, UK |
| 1989 | Doctorate Medicine, JLU |
| 1990 | Doctorate Biology, JLU |
| 1992 | Habilitation Internal Medicine, JLU |
Scientific Career
| 1987 - 1991 | Internship and Residency, Department of Medicine, JLU |
| 1992 - 1996 | Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, JLU |
| 1996 | Professor (C3), Head of the Clinical Research Group Respiratory Insufficiency, Department of Internal Medicine, JLU |
| 1997 | Professor (W2), Section Head of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, JLU |
| Since 1999 | Chair, TransMIT GmbH, Medical Technology |
| Since 2003 | Professor of Internal Medicine (W3), Department of Internal Medicine, JLU |
| Since 2003 | Director of Medical Clinic IV/V, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, JLU |
| Since 2006 | Co-Coordinator of the Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS) |
| Since 2006 | Founder Member and Executive Fellow of the International Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) |
| Since 2007 | Coordinator Regional Hospital Association, State of Hesse |
| 2007-2012 | Vice President of the von-Behring-Röntgen-Foundation |
| Since 2009 | Board of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), the Leading Site of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) |
| 2009-2014 | Member, Senate Committee “Clinical Research”, German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Since 2010 | Head of the Scientific Committee at TransMIT GmbH |
| Since 2012 | Appointed member of the Future Council / State Government |
| Since 2013 | Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) |
| Since 2017 | Speaker Lung Cancer Center Mittelhessen (LKZ) |
| Since 2019 | Head of the University Center of Oncology Giessen (UCTG) |
| Since 2020 | Deputy Chair of the Institute for Lung Health (ILH), JLU/DZL, Giessen |
Awards and Honors
| 1993 | Schunk Award for Medicine, JLU |
| 1993 | Carl-Oelemann-Award of the State of Hesse |
| 1994 | Annual Award of the German Respiratory Society (DGP) |
| 1995 | Heisenberg Award (DFG) and Professorship |
| 2021 | Lifetime Achievement Award of the Medical Faculty, JLU |
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