MD from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (2016). Doctoral thesis in experiemental cardiac surgery from the same university (magna cum laude, 2020). Residency in cardiac surgery at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Bern 2016-2022. Research fellowship in advanced heart failure at the Center for Advanced Heart Failure,  UTHealth, Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX 2022-2024. Since 2024 Cardiac Surgery Fellowship in Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplantation at the Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX. Main interests and focused research lies in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac allo- and xeno-transplantation.