University training and degree

2016

Bar Training BPP Law School, BPP University, London, UK

2000

LLB in English and German Law; Nottingham Law School, Dept. of Academic Legal Studies, Nottingham Trent University, UK

1999

Diploma in European Technology and Commercial Law (Erasmus); Faculty of Law, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, DE

Advanced academic qualifications

2008

PhD (Dr. iur.); Faculty of Law, LUH

Postgraduate professional career

Since 2017

Professor (W2) of Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences; Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE

Since 2017

Dean of Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE

2014 – 2015

Visiting Professor for English Medical Law; Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, AT

2012 – 2015

Visiting Professor for International Biotechnology Law; European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, IT

2013-2017

Professor for Regulation in the Life Sciences (W2, tenure track); Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE

2008 – 2011

Postdoctoral Researcher; Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, LUH, DE

2008 – 2009

Postdoctoral Researcher; Institute for Legal Informatics, Faculty of Law, LUH, DE

2004 – 2008

Lecturer in English for Law; Center for Applied Linguistics, LUH, DE

2003 – 2004

Researcher; Dept. for Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, DE

Additional Information

Editorships:

Editor-in-Chief; Law, Ethics and Economics in Biotechnology, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, DE (since 2016)
Editorial Board Member; Springer Briefs on Ethical and Legal Issues in Biomedicine and Technology, Springer, DE (since 2014)

Service on scientific advisory boards:

Member of the German Federal Government´s Expert Team on Innovative Health Technologies, DE (since 2017)
Member of the PHAGO Ethics Advisory Board (Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson), BE (since 2017)
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Refugee Law Clinic Hannover, DE (since 2015)
Member, UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council, Wellcome Trust, London, UK (2014-2018)
Member of the DFG Senate Committee on Animal Experimentation, DE (since 2014)
Ethics Expert, Innovative Medicines Initiative, European Commission, Brussels, BE (since 2008)

Memberships of scientific societies:

Associate Member; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK (since 2017)
European Association of Health Law, Edinburgh, UK (since 2008)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK (2010-2018)
Member of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine, Göttingen, DE (2005-2016)

Reviewer for

Regular reviewer for Medical Law Review, Medical Law International; Journal of Medical Ethics, European Journal of Health Law and others