EDUCATION
1983-1989 Dental Medicine Studies at Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1989 Approbation (License to practice Dental Medicine in Germany)
1990 Conferral of doctoral degree Dr. med. dent (equivalent to PhD in Dental Medicine)
1993 Assistant Medical Director at the Department of Prosthodontics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
1993 Appointment as Head of the Pre-Clinical Study Section at the Department of Prosthodontics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
1994 Main Lead for research development of implant borne prosthetic therapy concepts at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
2002 Prosthetics Specialist certified by German Association of Prosthodontics and Material Science
2008 Appointment as Quality Assurance Manager at Goethe University Dental Clinic Frankfurt, Germany
2012 Appointment as tenure-track Head of Department of Postgraduate Education at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
RESEARCH FOCUSES
Oral Implantology
– Clinical studies / Development of new therapy concepts
– Biomechanics and material fatigue
– Optimization of implant components
Digital Dentistry
– Guided surgery and und pre-surgical production of dental prostheses
– Software development (Cooperation)
Osteotomy techniques for implant anchorage
Material processing with fs-lasers