About the doctor
Profile
Epilepsy treatment, Paroxysmal disorders of consciousness, including ion channelopathies, Neuromuscular diseases, Management of headache and neuropathic pain, Muscular dystrophy
Work experience
28 years
Scientific activity
Genomics of paroxysmal neurological disorders, with a focus on epilepsy: identification of novel disease-causing genes using next-generation sequencing technologies
Functional and pharmacological characterization of pathogenic mutations in various expression systems
Functional neuroimaging in genetic neurological diseases
Development of biomarkers, clinical phenotyping, and novel therapeutic strategies for genetic forms of epilepsy
Our research aims to elucidate disease mechanisms and translate these insights into innovative treatment approaches.
Data
Ranked among Germany’s Top 10 Epileptologists by FOCUS magazine
Eva Luise Köhler Research Award (2018) for outstanding contributions to rare disease research
Heisenberg Professorship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2003–2008
Merkle Research Prize from Ulm University (2002)
Dr. med. (PhD equivalent), Ulm University (1996)
Community
German Society of Neurology (DGN)
German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN)
German Physiological Society (DPG)
German Society for Epileptology (DGfE)
Working Group on Presurgical Epilepsy Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy
German Society for Neurogenetics (DGNG)
Certificates
Holder of 7 specialist and subspecialty certifications