The use of stem cells for regenerative therapy, that is, to replace damaged heart cells in patients and restore their cardiac function.

1988-1994 study of medicine, Free University of Berlin
1996 PhD, Free University of Berlin, Department of Pharmacology
1996-2000 Junior Investigator, Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar and German Heart Center, Technical University of Munich
2002 Habilitation, Technical University of Munich
Since 2000 Chief Investigator, Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar and German Heart Center, Technical University of Munich
Since 2005 Professor, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (part-time)

Since 2006 Professor, Klinikum Rechts der Isar and German Cardiology Center, Technical University of Munich

Since 2012 Director of the Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich

Since 2010 member of the Munich Cardiology Alliance and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK).
Since 2006 Member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), Cardiovascular Section, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Author of articles in scientific professional journals and books.