From autumn 1983 to January 1989 I studied Biochemistry at 3 Universities in Hannover (Technische Hochschule, Tieraerztliche Hochschule, Medizinische Hochschule). After 2 years I passed my "Vordiplom" (kind of BSc) in Physics, Anorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Zoology and Botany. (Certificate).

In January 89 I passed the Diplom (equivalent to MSc) in the subjects Biochemistry, Biophysics and Zoology. (Certificate)

During 1987/1988 I was working at the "Istituto Superiore di Sanità" in Rome in the Laboratory of Compared Toxicology and Ecotoxicology with a Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, The research was about Chloroform metabolism in rats and mice. Some of this was also published