Markus M. Nöthen

Markus Nöthen studied medicine in Würzburg. He completed his specialist medical training in human genetics at the University of Bonn. From 2001 to 2004 in Antwerp, he held the position of University Chair of Medical Genetics and head of the Institute of Medical Genetics at the University Hospital. In 2004, he was appointed Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Professor of Genetic Medicine at the University of Bonn and founding Director of the newly established Department of Genomics at the Life & Brain Research Center. Since 2008, he has held the position of Director of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Bonn. His scientific area of interest is research into the genetic causes of disease, in particular multifactorial disorders.