Dept. of Neurophysiology
Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN)
Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Current position:  Associate Professor (since 2005)
Deputy Head, Institute of Neurophysiology
Human Pain Plasticity Group Leader
Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN)
Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Education
- Study of Medicine at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- PhD thesis project at the Institute of Physiology and Experimental
Pathophysiology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Diploma thesis project at the Department of Physiology, University Heidelberg
- Study of Psychology at the University Heidelberg

Professional functions
since 01/2014     Deputy Head, Chair of Neurophysiology,
Center of Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM),
Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
since 03/2008     Group leader (E15), Chair of Neurophysiology,
Center of Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM),
Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
03/1999 - 02/2008     Research scientist (BAT II, E13), Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
03/1993 - 02/1999      Assistant professor C1 (Hochschulassistent), Institute of Physiology and Patho­physiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz;
03/1992 - 02/1993     Research scientist Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 353 (Center Research Grant CRC 353) „Pathobiology of pain generation and pain processing“, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
10/1986 - 02/1992     PhD student at the Department of Physiology, University Erlangen-Nürnberg