Education:
1979-1986 Study of Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH). 1988 Graduation in medicine (Dr. med., magna cum laude), Hannover Medical School. 1987-1990 Max-Planck Fellowship & DFG Post-doctoral fellowship, basic research in neuroscience and protein biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen. 1997 Specialty qualification (Facharzt) for Psychiatry & Psycho-therapy, University of Göttingen. 1997 Specialty qualification (Facharzt) for Neurology, University of Göttingen. 2002 Habilitation, venia legend for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University Göttingen
Positions:
1987-1990 basic research in neuroscience and proteinbiochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Experi-mental Medicine, Göttingen. 1990-1997 junior resident clinical psychiatry and clinical neurology; area of research: molecular psychiatry, University of Göttingen. 1997-2002 head of the research groups Molecular Neurobiology & Neurochemical Dementia Diagnostics, University of Göttingen, Department of Psychiatry. 1999-2002 Senior resident (Oberarzt), University of Göttingen, Department of Psychia-try. 2002-2007 C3 chair of Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, head of the research laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology & Neurochemical Dementia Diagnostics, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. 10/2007-10/2013 chair of clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Duisburg-Essen and clinical director of the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Klinikum Essen, Germany. Since 10/2013 chair of clinical psychiatry and psychotherapy, University of Göttingen and clinical director of the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Göttingen
研究方向
Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesTryptophan and brain disordersGenetic Associations and Epidemiology