Diagnosis of brain function: neurophysiology and functional imaging. Dependency research. Diagnostics of brain functions, molecular imaging, brain stimulation methods, neurofeedback.

• 1986 – 1992 studying human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
• 1993 – 1994 Department of Neurology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Prof. Dr. T. Brandt): Clinical Neurology, Movement Disorders Clinic.
• 1993 Doctor of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
• 1994 – 1995 Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Munich. Ludwig-Maximilian (Prof. Dr. H. Gippius, Prof. Dr. H.-J. Möller): Psychiatry and psychotherapy.
• 1995 – 1996 Department of Neurology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Prof. Dr. T. Brandt): advanced training in the field of neurology and neurological intensive care, scientific research into M. Parkinson and other movement disorders.
• 1996 – 1998 Department of Neurology, University of Marburg. Philippa (Prof. Dr. W.H. Ortel): clinical neurology and additional neurological diagnostics (EEG, EMG, EVP), scientific activity in the field of movement disorders, neurotransplantation.
• 1998 – 1999 Augsburg District Hospital, Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Prof. M. Schmaus): clinical work in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy.
• Since 1999, Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (director: Prof. Dr. H.-J. Möller, since July 2012: Prof. Dr. P. Falkai).
• 1999 Doctor of Neurology
• Since 2006, Chief Physician at the Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Director: Prof. Dr. P. Falkai).
• 2007: Habilitation, teaching qualification and license to teach psychiatry and psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
• 2009 Doctor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Basic assistance in drug addiction treatment.
• 2013: Appointed professor (app.) at the Faculty of Medicine of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical EEG & Neuroscience
Member of the editorial board of the journal Psychiatry Research – Neuroimaging
Chairman of the Psychophysiology Section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
President-elect of the International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP)
Member of the EEG Commission of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN) and the Commission for Further Education.