1981-1987 Study of Medicine, University of Mainz 1987 MD-Thesis, Institute of Physiology, University Mainz (Grade: magna cum laude, supervised by Prof. Dr. R. Zander) 1987-1998 Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz 1989-1991 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (DFG) and PhD-Study (Molecular Biology), Liver Res. Center, Albert Einstein College of Med., New York since 1992 Research Group leader 1995 Board Certification Pathology 1996 Board Certification Molecular Pathology and Habilitation (supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. C.J. Kirkpatrick) 1998-2004 Professor of Pathology (C3), Deputy Director, Inst. of Pathology, Cologne since 2004 Professor of Pathology (C4) and Director, Inst. of Pathology, Heidelberg Awards and Appointments 1988 Johannes Gutenberg Award 1997 Boehringer Ingelheim Award 1996-1998 Managing board DFG-SFB 519 2001-2004 Managing board ‘Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne’ (CMMC) since 2004 Managing board Tumorzentrum Heidelberg/Mannheim since 2005 Founder and Speaker ‘Tissue Bank of the National Center of Tumor Diseases’ Founder and Speaker ‘Working Group Tissue Banks of the German Cancer Centers’ since 2006 Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member ‘Tissue Imaging and Analysis Center (TIGA), Heidelberg’ since 2007 Board German Association for Study of the Liver since 2007 Board German Association of Pathology 2008-2009 President of the German Association for the Study of the Liver since 2008 Member and Leader of Section 2 (Cancer and Stem Cell Research), DFG Fachkollegiat