His field of interest and publications are basic and clinical research on end-stage liver diseases (acute-on-chronic liver failure and portal hypertension), HIV and vascular liver diseases with special emphasis on chronic inflammation, genetic mechanisms and intracellular signaling.
Governing Board
Deputy Director (2024–present)
Scientific Advisory Board
Chair (2024–present)
Scientific Advisory Board
Secretary (2020–2024)
Sample and Data Usage Committee
Co-opted member (2022–present)
EASL-CLIF Consortium Steering Committee
Member (2014–present)
                                            
                                                Department of Internal Medicine B, University of Münster, Germany
                                            
                                        
Head of Department and Professor of Medicine (2022–present)
                                            
                                                Department of Internal Medicine I, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
                                            
                                        
Professor for Translational Hepatology (2018–2022)
                                            
                                                Institute of Bioengineering Catalunya, Spain
                                            
                                        
Visiting Professor (2017–2021)
                                            
                                                Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
                                            
                                        
Adjunct Professor (2015–present)
                                            
                                                Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
                                            
                                        
PhD candidate (2011–2013)
                                            
                                                Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Germany
                                            
                                        
Clinician, Group Leader, and Consultant (2005–2018)
                    Präventionspreis, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
                    
2017
                    HIV/AIDS Research Award, German Society of Infectious Diseases 
                    
2015
                    Ludwig Heilmeyer Silver Medal, Society for Advancement in Internal Medicine 
                    
2010
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