Born 30 October  1958, Study of Medicine in Freiburg; Doctorate M.D.  (1984); Harvard University for one year; Resident at the University Munich (1986 bis 1992); Board Certification in Neurology (1992); Habilitation in Neurology (1994); Oberarzt (Consultant Physician) at the Department of Neurology at the Charité (1993 bis 1996); Vice Chairman at the Department of Neurology at the Charité (1996 bis 2004); C3 Professur of Neurologyat the  Charité (1997 bis 2008); Clinical Supervisor of the 30-bed neurology clinic, Department of Neurology at the Charité (1999 bis 2004); Head of 53-bed neurology clinic, Department of Neurology at the Charité (2004 bis 2007); since 2007 Director, Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Director of Clinic of Cognitive Neurology at the University Clinic Leipzig; since 1999 Coordinator of Competence Network Stroke; 2006 Foundation of Berlin School of Mind and Brain in the frame of Excellence Initiative; since 2006 speaker of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain; since 2008 Honorary Professor at Charité University Medicine Berlin; since 2009 Professor for Cognitive Neurology at the University of Leipzig.