Academic appointments:
- Since March 2021: Full Professor (W3) for Innovative Implant Development (Fracture Healing), Werner Siemens Foundation Endowed Chair, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
- 2019 – 2021: Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University, Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Science & Sports Medicine, Manchester, United Kingdom
- 2014 – 2019: Resident and lecturer, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Aachen, Germany
- 2011 – 2014: Post-doc and Head Medical Doctor, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany
- 2009 – 2011: Resident, Cologne University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany
- 2008 – 2009: Post-doc, Charité Berlin, ZWMB (Center for Space Medicine Berlin), Berlin, Germany
Medical specialization:
- Orthopaedic Surgeon (Fachärztin für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie)
- Physiologist (Fachärztin für Physiologie)
- Emergency Medicine (Zusatzbezeichnung Notfallmedizin)
- Sports Medicine (Zusatzbezeichnung Sportmedizin)
Explanation: In Germany, Physiology is a residency (specialist training, 4 years) for medical doctors, just like Orthopaedic Surgery (6 years). Sports and Emergency Medicine are shorter additional trainings and can be completed on top of a full residency.
Education:
- 2019: PD (habilitation = postdoctoral thesis, venia legendi), in Experimental Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, topic: “Adaptation of the musculoskeletal system to unloading and loading in the context of human spaceflight”.
- 2007: Dr. med. (dissertation), Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany
- 2003 – 2007: MD, clinical part of Medical School, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany
- 2001 – 2003: Theoretical part of Medical School, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
- Time abroad: as a student electives in Australia and New Zealand
Space research responsibilities:
- PI of ESA Antarctic research project at Concordia Station “Muscle and cartilage in Antarctic over-winterers [MACIA]”
- ExComm member of the Space Surgery Association
- Co-I of ISS experiment “Muscle Stimulation” 2020-2030
- Member of Advisory Board Finnish Center of Excellence in Research for Sustainable Space 2018-2025
- Co-I: NASA/ESA long-term bed-rest study AGBRESA testing artificial gravity 2019
- European Commission FP7 project “Planetary Habitat Simulation” (acronym: PlanHab) 2012/2013
- Head Medical Doctor ESA bed-rest study MEP 2011/2012
- Co-I: ESA bed rest study NUC 2010/2011
I am an active reviewer for several journals and institutions.