at studied veterinary medicine at the LMU Munich. After working at the gynecological and surgical veterinary clinic at the LMU Munich, he moved to the Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. In 2008 he completed his studies in media didactics (MA). Since 2014 he has held the chair for didactics and educational research in health care at the Faculty of Health at the University of Witten/Herdecke, where he has also been vice president since 2017.