Ongoing since 2012: Professorship and head of the equine internal medicine clinic at the Justus-Liebig-University in Gießen / Germany. 2016-2019: Dean of study affairs of the veterinary faculty at the JLU Gießen. 2012-2004: Defacto Head of the equine internal medicine clinic at JLU. 2015-2011: Board member (secretary) of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM). 2011-2009: Chair of the ECEIM Educational & Credential committee. since 2003: Defacto specialist of ECEIM (DipECEIM). 1998-2004: Habilitation at the JLU: “Clinical usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology in order to differentiate chronic bronchitis in the horse. 1998: National (german) specialist in veterinary internal medicine. 1990-1994: Doctoral thesis at the JLU Giessen: “Effects of oral sulfadimethoxine/trimethoprim on equine faecal flora”. 1984-1990: Study of veterinary medicine in Hannover/Germany.