Finishing College:

June 1980 (Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium in Freiburg, Germany), particularly specialised in mathematics and physics; languages: English, French

School of Medicine:

Commencement in April 1981 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany. Termination in May 1988

Thesis:

1988: "A modified method of electronystagmography for recording eye movement during the galvanic vestibular test" at the Neurological University Hospital, Section Neurophysiology, Freiburg (Professor U. Thoden), Germany (magna cum laude). This work was carried out in order to investigate vestibular reactions using a parallel stimulus of the vestibular system together with proprioceptive stimuli during stand and gait.

Habilitation:
(Qualification as a university lecturer)

January 1995: "The autonomic nervous system: integrative function, investigation  of the autonomic nervous system and autonomic nervous disorders”