Curriculum vitae (CV)

Studies/ further training

• 1996 Specialist in human genetics
• 1995 Scientific sabbatical: Johns Hopkins University (Dr. N.A. Holtzman)
• 1981-1983 DFG Heisenberg Fellowship
• 1981-1982 Research stay at the MRC Mammalian Genome Unit, Edinburgh (Prof. E. Southern)
• 1981 Habilitation in human genetics at the University of Göttingen
• 1979-1981 DFG habilitation fellowship
• 1974 Prof. Dr. med. (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Wolf, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Freiburg)
• 1966-1973 Studied Human Medicine at the University of Freiburg

Scientific activity/appointments

• 1990-2014 Institute of Human Genetics, MHH (C4 professorship and institute director)
• 1988-1990 Institute of Human Genetics, Free University of Berlin (C3 professorship)
• 1977-1988 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Göttingen
• 1974-1977 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Freiburg

Functions

• 2015-2016 Spokesperson of the Centre for Rare Diseases at the MHH
• 2012 - Section Editor of the Eur J Hum Genet
• 2011-2013 Ombudsperson for good scientific practice at the MHH
• 2011-2012 President of the European Society of Human Genetics
• 2010 - Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Community Genetics
• 2009-2015 Appointed member and elected chairman of the Genetic Diagnostics Commission at the RKI
• 1999-2002 Member of the Ethics Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Health
• 1998-2000 President of the German Society for Human Genetics
• 1993-1997 Chairman of the Professional Association of Medical Genetics
• 1992-2003 Advisor to the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Medical Association (genetic screening, gene therapy, prenatal diagnostics, predictive genetic testing)