University Education
| 1972 – 1979 | Studies of Medicine, Westfälische-Wilhelms University Münster and Justus-Liebig University Giessen (JLU) |
| 1980 | Doctorate Medicine, JLU |
| 1986 | Habilitation Internal Medicine, JLU |
Scientific Career
| 1979 - 1982 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathological Biochemistry, JLU |
| 1982 - 1987 | Internship and Residency, Department of Medicine, JLU |
| 1987 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hochschuldozent), Department of Medicine, JLU |
| 1991 - 1996 | Head, Clinical Research Group “Respiratory Failure”, JLU |
| 1996 - 2024 | Professor of Internal Medicine, Section Head of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, JLU |
| 1997 - 2009 | Head, Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich) SFB 547 “Cardiopulmonary Vascular System” |
| Since 1999 | Chair, TransMIT GmbH, Medical Technology |
| 2000 - 2024 | Medical Executive Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, JLU |
| 2002 - 2009 | Member, Senate Committee “Clinical Research”, German Research Foundation |
| 2003 - 2009 | Member, German Council of Science and Humanities (The Wissenschaftsrat) |
| Since 2006 | Coordinator of the Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System/Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (ECCPS/CPI) |
| 2006 - 2013 | Member of the Health Research Council (Gesundheitsforschungsrat) |
| 2007 - 2024 | Director of the Department of Lung Development and Remodeling at the Max-Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim; since 2024 Emeritus Group Leader |
| 2007 - 2010 | Chairman of the Medical Commission of the German Council of Science and Humanities (The Wissenschaftsrat) |
| Since 2010 | Chair of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) |
| Since 2011 | Chair of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) |
| Since 2015 | Member of the Forum for Health Research (Forum Gesundheitsforschung) of the German Ministry for Research and Education |
| Since 2016 | External Scientific Member and Research Laboratory Leader at the Biomedicine Research Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina (IBIOBA) |
| 2019 - 2021 | President of the international "Pulmonary Vascular Institute" (PVRI) |
| Since 2020 | Chair of the Institute for Lung Health, JLU/DZL, Giessen, Germany |
| Since 2024 | Elie-Metchnikoff Professor of Medicine, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany |
Awards and Honors
| 1987 | Schunk Award for Medicine, Justus-Liebig University |
| 1988 | Theodor Frerichs Award, German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) |
| 2000 | Election to the German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2008 | Robert-Pfleger Award |
| 2013 | International Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Achievement Award |
| 2014 | European Respiratory Society Congress Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievements |
| 2014 | Von Behring-Röntgen Research Medal |
| 2014 | Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (FERS) |
| 2014 | American Heart Association Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Award |
| 2019 | International Balzan Prize “Pathophysiology of Respiration” |
| 2021 | Lifetime Achievement Award of the Medical Faculty, JLU, Giessen |
| 2023 | Robyn Barst Memorial Award of the Neonatal and Childhood PVD US Conference |
| 2023 | Honorary Member of the german Society for Internal Medicine |
| 2024 | Robert Grover Award of the American Thoracic Society |
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