My main research focus is the investigation of regenerative processes after injuries with special emphasis on the nervous system, the elucidation of modes of action of mechanical stimuli on Schwann cells and tissues as well engineered extracellular vesicles and novel imaging modalities and their application in the field of regenerative medicine. My most important scientific findings are the identification of phenotypical commitment of motor and sensory Schwann cells after nerve injury as well as the development of a novel contrast agent-enhanced µCT 3D histology method for application in peripheral nerve regeneration as well as novel findings of functional regeneration using automated gait analysis. I am a molecular biologist by training, finished my Dr. scient. med. in medical sciences and currently am the head of the Neuroregeneration group at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology since 2017. I am deeply fascinated by the nervous system in general and the peripheral nervous system specifically. To elucidate its inherent regenerative capacity, understand the limitations thereof and ways to overcome these limitations are the goals of my scientific work.