Deputy and Head of Dept. at Neurology Hospital, Schoen Klinik Bad Aibling, Germany. Training in Psychology and Neurology. Board certification for neurology, physical therapy, and rehabilitation. 30 years of experience in treating DoC patients from various countries. Participation as a cooperating or primary investigator for over 30 years in relevant patient studies for the diagnosis and treatment of DoC. These include fMRI, electrophysiology, basic learning in EEG, evoked potentials, and olfactory functions. Several studies on sleep in DoC. Implementation of scoring, e.g., CRS-r in German, SECONDS in German. Participation in the Amantadine study. As a member of the DOC-MA consortium, cooperation with various other European research groups on DoC. Assistant coordinator of the German group for the DoC treatment guideline.