Career
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| since 10/2023 | President, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin |
| 4/2023 – 10/2023 | President (acting), Robert Koch Institute |
| since 2017 | Adjunct professor, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany |
| 2011 – 3/2023 | Vice President, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany |
| Since 2010 | Head of Department „Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS)“, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 – 2010 | Head of the Communicable Disease Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Berlin, Germany |
| 2003 | Habilitation (University Lecturer), Medical Microbiology and Virology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
| 2002 – 2007 | Adviser (Medical Officer), Communicable Disease Unit, Federal Ministry of Health, Berlin, Germany |
| 2000 | Board Certified for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, North Rhine Chamber of Physicians, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1996 – 2002 | Researcher (1996-2000) and Research Associate (2000-2002), Division of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| 1995 – 1996 | Researcher (Post Doc), Department of Medical Microbiology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany |
| 1995 | Licence to Practice, Lower Saxony Office for Central Social Tasks, Hannover, Germany |
| 1994 | Doctorate in Medicine (Medical Microbiology), Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany |
| 1994 – 1995 | Medical Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Centre Kassel, Germany, and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany |
| 1987 – 1994 | Studies and State Examination as a Medical Doctor, Georg August University, Göttingen |
| 1985 – 1987 | Civilian Service, Emergency Medical Service, German Red Cross, Nienburg, Germany |
Committees and Memberships
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| since 2024 | Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergencies of the European Commission |
| since 2024 | Scientific Advisory Council of the Robert Koch Foundation |
| since 2024 | Executive Board, The International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) |
| since 2023 | Advisory Council for Military Medicine for the Federal Ministry of Defence |
| since 2023 | OECD Health Commitee Bureau |
| since 2023 | Scientific Advisory Board of the Bundeswehr Research Institute for Protective Technologies and CBRN Protection (WIS) |
| since 2019 | Biological Working Group, Global Health Security Initiative (G7 plus Mexico) |
| since 2015 | Joint Committee on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| since 2012 | Advisory Editorial Board of EMBO reports (Special Advisor on Biosecurity) |
| since 2012 | Advisory Editorial Board of The EMBO Journal (Special Advisor on Biosecurity) |
| since 2010 | Editorial Board of Bundesgesundheitsblatt (German Federal Public Health Journal) |
Former Committees and Memberships
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| 2016 – 2020 | International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR (2005)) Roster of Experts, World Health Organization |
| 2012 – 2017 | Scientific Programme Board for Security Research, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| 2015 | Resource Group to the UN High Level Panel on Global Response to Health Crisis, United Nations |
| 2015 | Independent Advisory Group (IAG) for Consultation on the Implication of Synthetic Biology Technology on Variola Virus and Smallpox Control and Preparedness, World Health Organization |
| 2010 – 2019 | Risk Management and Communications Working Group, Global Health Security Initiative (G7 plus Mexico) |
| 2007 – 2010 | Board of Trustees, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Torpical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (Vice Chair) |
| 2007 – 2010 | Board of Trustees, Research Center Borstel, Germany (Vice Chair) |
| 2007 – 2010 | Board of Trustees, Heinrich Pette Institute, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2007 – 2010 | Alternate member, ECDC Management Board, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2006 – 2010 | Pandemic Influenza Working Group, Global Health Security Initiative (G7 plus Mexico) |
Work stays
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| 2005 | Health Threats Unit, European Commission, GD Health and Consumer Protection, Luxemburg (several months) |
