Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin | Germany

BIOGRAPHY

Current position: Professor (W2)
Director Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC)

2 | Academic education

1996 – 2003 Resident (“Facharztausbildung”) in Neurology, Neurophysiology, Epileptology, Psychiatry
1988 -1996 M.D.; Medical Studies; Free University of Berlin, Germany

3 | Academic degrees

2010 Habilitation, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Germany
2003 Board Certification Neurology (“Facharzt”)
1999 M.D. Thesis; Neurology; Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

4 | Professional career

2004 – 2009 Consultant and Senior Physician, Cecilie Vogt Clinic, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
since 2008 Head of research group “Clinical Neuroimmunology”, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
since 2010 Head, research group, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité Campus Buch
2011 – 2016 Professor (W2), Neurology, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
since 2016 Professor (W2), tenure professorship for Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
since 2018 Director – Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
2020 – 2023 Vice Dean for Research with a clinical focus, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany

5 | Miscellaneous | Awards/Honors (Selection)

2015/ 2017 Top Physician of Germany (“Focus Ärzteliste” Directory of Physicians in Germany)
2016 Oppenheim Award Novartis Germany (together with PhD Student Sarah Starossom)
2014 Felgenhauer Award German Neurological Society (together with “NEMOS”)
since 2016 Medical Consultant for EU- Announcements for Research Programmes on Rare Diseases
since 2015 Associate Editor “Neurology: Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation”
since 2014 Medical Consultant for Science Council (BfarM)
since 2013 Board member of the Competence Network Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS)
since 2011 Academic Editor, PLoS ONE
since 2009 National representative, European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)
since 2008 MS-Subkommittee der European Neurological Society (ENS)
since 2008 Co-initiator, NEMOS-Initiative, coordinator of the German Neuromyelitis optical study group (www.nemos-net.de)