Being trained as a dentist and orthodontist, I am currently employed at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Cologne. Among other things, I am here responsible for the presurgical infant orthopaedics in newborns with cleft lip and palate as well as in charge of the weekly cleft team consultations for patients with cleft lip and palate at all ages. My research interests focus on rare diseases including cleft lip and palate and Pierre Robin sequence. As such, I am also affiliated with the Center for Rare Diseases Cologne.