Academic education

1984 Degree in Pharmacy, University of Regensburg

1989 PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Regensburg

1997 Habilitation for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universtity of Mainz

Professional Career

1988 – 1990 Postdoc, Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biopharmacy, Frankfurt

1989 Specialist Pharmaceutical Analytics (Fachapotheker)

1990 – 1996 Head Department Drug Research, Merckle Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Blaubeuren

1994 Specialist Toxicology (Fachapotheker)

1996 – 1999 R&D-Director, Member of the Board, Merckle Pharmaceuticals, Ulm, Germany

1996 – 1999  Managing Director, Asahi-Merckle-Pharma, Ulm, Germany

1996 – 2007 Member of the Board, ProGen Biotech GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

1998 Chair Pharm. Chemistry, Uni Bonn, rejected

since 1999 Chairman for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Head Dept. Medicinal Chemistry

2003 Chair Pharm. Chemistry, Uni Freiburg, rejected

Awards and Honors

since 2003 Founding Dean Pharmacy German University in Cairo

since 2005 Director Brasilienzentrum Baden-Württemberg

2006 Phoenix Wissenschaftspreis Pharmazie

2006 – 2015 Member of the Board, BioPro Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

2008 Cofounder Interfaculty Center for Pharmacogenomic and Drug Research (ICEPHA)

since 2008 Vice President MedChem Division, Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft DPhG

2012 – 2017 DECHEMA, Board Member ChemBioNet

2011 – 2019 Chairman Interfaculty Center for Pharmacogenomic and Drug Research (ICEPHA)

2006 – 2015 Member of the Board, BioPro Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

since 2010 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS): Editorial Advisory Board Member

since 2011 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Board Member MedChem Division

2012 – 2015 Vice Presiden Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft DPhG

2014 Permanent Member (Membro Correspondente) of the Brasilian Academy of Science

since 2014 INCT-INOFAR of Drugs and Medicines, UFRJ, Brasil, Scientific Advisory Board Member

since 2015 Tuebingen Center for Academic Drug Discovery & Development (TüCADD), Cofounder and Chairman

since 2015 Chemical Probes Portal SGC-UNC, Member Scientific Advisory Board

2016 Teaching Award Faculty of Medicine: Best Lecturer (Advanced Molecular Oncology)

2016 – 2019 President Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft DPhG

2017 Phoenix Wissenschaftspreis Pharmazie

2017 ACS Journal Stars: Medicinal Chemistry, Top 10 (#5) most prolific author 2010-16

since 2020 Immediate Past President Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft DPhG (German Pharmaceutical Society)