Education and Training 1984–1991 Medical studies at the University of Würzburg 1992 Licence to practice medicine 2002 Teaching thesis Positions and Employment 1991–1992 Postdoc, Med. Poliklinik, University of Würzburg, SFB 355 Subproject C4 (Boege/Jahns) 1993–1994 Postdoc, CEA-Fellowship, Laboratoire Jean Maetz, Dep. de Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, University of Nice/Sophia Antipolis, France 1994–1995 Postdoc, DFG-Fellowship Ja 706/1-1 at the Institute of Pharmacology, University of Würzburg 1995–/2004 Resident and cardiology fellow (C1), Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Würzburg 2000 Specialist in Internal Medicine 2002 Specialist in Cardiology 2002 Senior physician (Oberarzt), Dpt. of Internal Medicine I, University of Würzburg 2004 Assistant Professor (C2), Dpt. of Internal Medicine I, University of Würzburg 2006 Scientist-in-charge of Subproject 6b (SP 6b), German Competence Net of Heart Failure 2008 Nomination Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Würzburg Since 2006 Member Ethics-Committee Med. Faculty University of Würzburg (01/2011 Vice-Chair) 2009–2012 Coordinator BMBF-Program Molecular Diagnostics. Dpt. Internal Medicine/Cardiology University Hospital Würzburg and Rudolf-Virchow /DFG Biomed. Research Centre Since 2009 Coordinator Project-Area C, Comprehensive Heart Failure Centre Würzburg Since 2006 Member Ethics-Committee Med. Faculty University of Würzburg (01/2011 Vice-Chair) Since 2011 Director Interdisciplinary Bank of Biomaterials and Data Würzburg Since 2013 Appointment (Full Professor) for Translational Medicine, University of Würzburg

 Main interests Cardiomyopathy, adrenergic signaling, immune-system and heart disease, Biobanking, Translational Medicine  Ongoing research support o Adrenoceptor Antibody-induced Immune-Cardiomyopathy o BMBF Project MolDiag: Large scale detection & clinical relevance of conformational beta1-adrenoceptor autoantibodies in heart failure /ETiCS-study o Prevalence, genesis, & prognostic relevance of beta1-AR antibodies in human heart disease o BMBF Project: National Biobank Program: Director of the Interdisciplinary Bank of Biomaterials and Data Würzburg (ibdw)