Date of birth: 01. April 1965

Place of birth: Cologne, Germany

Current Position
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), Prokurist and Product Manager, BIOTREND Chemikalien GmbH, Cologne, Germany

1997 - 2006
'Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter' at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Bonn, giving lecture on 'Allgemeinen und Systematische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (2.klin.Sem./Pflicht)'

School Education
1971 - 1975 Primary school 'Grundschule Horst-Strasse', Cologne, 1975 - 1984 Secondary school 'Hölderlin-Gymnasium', Cologne, May 1984 General Certificate of Education 'Abitur'

Military service
Oct. 1984 - Dec. 1985 1./Luftwaffenausbildungsregiment 5, Essen-Kupferdreh and 3./Flugabwehrraketenbataillon 21, Holzwickede

University Education
April 1986 - Oct. 1989 Study of pharmacie at the University of Bonn, 1. General Board Examination: 12.04.1988, 2. General Board Examination: 18.10.1989, Nov. 1989 - Oct. 1990 Preregristation training in community pharmacy, Cologne, Oct. 1990 3. General Board Examination: 02.10.1990, October 1990 Approbation as pharmacist

Professional Training
Dec. 1990 - March 1991 Employment as local pharmacist, Apotheke An der Schanz, Cologne, April 1991 - August 1991 Employment as local pharmacist, Diana Apotheke, Cologne, Nov. 1994 - March 1995 Chief-Representation in community pharmacies

Postgraduate Studies
Aug. 1991 - Oct. 1994 Preparation of the thesis 'Characterization of Histamine H3-receptors: investigation to structure-activity relationships, existance of receptor-subtypes and coupling to adenylatcyclase' () at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, D-53113 Bonn (Supervisors: Drs E. Schlicker and M. Göthert), techniques employed including receptor binding studies, radio receptor assays, superfusion studies, analytical HPLC, October 1994 Ph.D. degree 'magna cum laude'

April 1995 - April 1997 Post-doc in France at the Institute of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Centre Paul Broca de l'INSERM, F-75014 Paris, recipient of a INSERM fellowship, working on molecular biology of transcription factors (ARNT), techniques employed including PCR, cloning of cDNAs apparently related with the superfamilie of receptor with seven transmembrane domains, cell culture (PC12, NG108_15, CHO), computer-supported Analysis of DNA Sequences (LICOR), Northern-Blots, Southern-Blots, Western-Blots, Immunohistochemie

April 1997 - April 1998 Recipient of a Fellowship from BONFOR, working on the pharmacology and molecular biology of cannabinoid receptors at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Bonn

November 2001 Habilitation in "Pharmacology and Toxicology", Titel (german) "Molekularbiologische und pharmakologische Untersuchungen zu Cannabinoid CB1 Rezeptoren" ()

January 2002 Lecture "Antrittsvorlesung" (15. Januar 2002)