Education 1992 Habilitation (Dr. med. habil., Experimental Neurology), TU Munich 1984 Approbation 1980-1984 Technical University of Munich, Studies in Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine 1978-1980 University of Regensburg: Studies in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Biology (last exam: Physikum) 1969-1978 Viscardi-Gymnasium Fürstenfeldbruck Positions held to date 2000 Full Professor (C4); Chairman Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, University of Würzburg Chairman SFB 581 “Molecular models for diseases of the nervous system” 1995-1999 Professor (C3) of Neurobiology at the University of Würzburg, Head of the “Klinische Forschergruppe (DFG) für Neuroregeneration” within the Dept. of Neurology, University of Würzburg 1987-1994 Research Associate, MPI for Psychiatry (Prof. A. Thoenen) 1985-1987 Fellow, Max-Planck-Society, Department for Neurochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Munich-Martinsried 1984-1985 Resident, Dept. Neurology, TU Munich

Teaching At Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Neurobiology of Disease, Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Disorders Editorial Service since 2003 Editorial Board member Experimental Neurology since 2005 Member “Faculty of 1000” since 2007 Editorial Board member Journal of Neuroscience