• Born 1952 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
• 1971 - 1977: Medical School of the University in Düsseldorf
• 1978 – 1980: Resident at the Department of Dermatology, University of Düsseldorf (Prof. Greither, Prof. Goerz) from
• 1982 - 1993: Member of the Department of Dermatology at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University in Munich (Prof. Braun-Falco, Prof.Plewig).
• 1991: Professor in Dermatology, the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich
• 1993-2006:Director of the Department of Dermatology and Venerology at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf
• 1995-2006:Speaker of the Special Research Center 503 of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft „Moleculare and cellular mediators of exogenous noxae“
• 1999: Honorary doctor of University Szeged
• 2000-2006: Speaker of the „Biomedical Research Center“ of the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
• 2004: Vice-president, International Society of Dermatology
• 2004: Board of Directors, Dermopharmacology Society
• 2004: Editor, Der Hautarzt
• 2005 Editorial board, Acta Dermatovenerologica
• 2006: Director, Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
• 2007: Editorial Board Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift
• 2007: Executive Board Member EUSCLE
• 2009 Board of Directors, German Dermatological Society
• 2011 Vice-president, Euro-Asian Association of Dermatovenerologists EAAD
• 2012 Honorary Senator of University of Maribor
• 2012 Honorary doctor of University of Vilnius
• 2014 Vicepresident EUSCLE
• 2014 Executive board member, International Society of Dermatology
• 2015 Vicepresident, Ärztlicher Verein, München
• 2015 Honorary Doctor, University of Uzhgorod
• 2016 President, Ärztlicher Verein München
• 2016 President. German-Japanese Society of Dermatology
• 2017 Board of Directors, ISD
• 2018 Honorary doctor, Charles University Prague
• 2019 Honorary doctor, University of Kirov