Treatment of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis and optomyelitis.

Training
1992-1999: Medical school at Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg and the Royal London School of Medicine, State examination
2000 – : Doctoral thesis (summa cum laude)
1999-2005: Residency in clinical neurology (Universities of Würzburg and Homburg)
2005 – : Board approval as fellow neurologist (Facharzt für Neurologie)
2005-2008: Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School (Laboratory of Prof. Kuchroo)
2009 – :Habilitation and venia legendi in Neurology

Academic positions & appointments
since 2008: Attending physician in neurology (Oberarzt) at the Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München
2010-2015: Associate Professor of Neurology
since 2015: Full Professor of Neurology (Experimental Neuroimmunology) at the Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München

Collaborative Research
Member of the SyNergy initiative, Transregio SFB TR128, SFB 1054

Awards & honors
1991-1999: Stipend from the Bavarian state for excellent students (Hochbegabten-Stipendium des Bayerischen Staates)
since 2000: Member of the German Society of Neurology
since 2003: Member of the German Society of Clinical Electrophysiology and Functional Imaging
2005-2007: Stipend from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (postdoctoral fellowship)
2007: Helmut-Bauer-Award for Research in Multiple Sclerosis, University of Göttingen
2008-2010: Heisenberg Awardee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2008: Sobek-Young Investigator-Award
2010: Heisenberg-Professorship
2010: Heinrich Pette Award of the German Society of Neurology
2011: Hans-Jörg Weitbrecht Wissenschaftspreis für klinische Neurowissenschaften
2015: ERC consolidator grant