1997: Master of Chemistry at the University of Konstanz. 2000: PhD in Biochemistry (Prof. Volker Ullrich). Postdoc in Experimental Cardiology, University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf; 2006 habilitation in Molecular Medicine (Prof. Dr. Thomas Münzel) at University Medical Center Mainz. 2008: full professor in Molecular Cardiology. PI in 11 research projects funded by private/public funding bodies, plus >22 significant research grants from the pharmaceutical industry. 2011: guest professorship at the Université Joseph Fourier at Grenoble, France (Prof. Dr. Uwe Schlattner). From 2014-2016 he was the Chair of COST Action BM1203 (EU-ROS). Memberships: SFRBM/SFRRE, DGK. Editor for Redox Biol. He published >205 original and >170 review articles, 26 book chapters, >170 conference abstracts and holds 3 patents with Boehringer Ingelheim. h-index: 80; >19,000 citations. Highly cited researcher (Clarivate database). Research : cardiovascular disease, redox biochemistry, environmental research.