Informations about Prof. Dr. med.

Current position

• Co-Chair of the Neurology Department
• Head of Neurogeriatrics Kiel research group

Medical qualifications

• Neurologist
• Clinical Geriatrics
• DGKN-Certificates for EEG, EMG and Doppler

Clinical focus

• Neurogeriatrics
• Memory Disorders
• Movement Disorders
• Parkinson

Academic qualifications

• Medical thesis at the Institut für Neuroanatomie, University of Basel (CH) 2002
• "Habilitation" in Neurology, Tübingen 2010

Scientifc focus

• Quantitative analysis of movement and mobility in supervised and unsupervised environment in the elderly and Parkinson's patients
• Quantitative assessment of geriatric patients with wearable technology
• Biomarker for prodromal and progression markers of neurodegenerative dieseases 

Member of international societies

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für klinische Neurophysiologie (DGKN)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie (DGGG)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie (DGG)
• International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR)
• Movement Disorders Society (MDS), Co-chair of the Technology Task Force