is clinical director of the polyclinic for dental prosthetics at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf. He studied dentistry at the Hannover Medical School and received his doctorate. He completed his habilitation in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine. He was an adjunct professor of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine at the University of Freiburg and has been a university professor at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg since 2007.