2023 Senior Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Studies and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany

1994-2023 Professor of Medicine, Chief Division of Nephrology, University Hospital of Würzburg

2023 Visiting Professor of Renal Medicine, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, UK

He completed medical training at the Universities of Singapore and Zürich, and a residency in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Freiburg

Immediate Past President of the European Renal Association (ERA)

KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) co-chair from 1/2026

Published more than 1000 scientific articles referenced in pubmed (Hirsch Index 125)