1996-2000: Assistant professor, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Essen 2001-2010: Tenured professor, Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Essen Since 2011: Tenured professor, Director of the Institute of Physiology, University of Giessen 1994: Young Investigator Award of the European Society of Cardiology 1999: „Fraenkel-Preis“ of the German Cardiac Society 2002: „Franz-Groedel-Preis“ of the German Cardiac Society 2009: Basic Science Lecture of the German Cardiac Society 2012: “Franz-Loogen Price” 2014: Honorary Members of the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology 2014: Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher 2017: Dr. h.c. (Semmelweis University Budapest) 2019: "Paul-Morawitz Preis" of the German Cardiac Society