In 2002 Jens obtained is diploma in Biochemistry from the University Witten/Herdecke in Germany and in 2005 his PhD in Biology from the University Muenster in Germany. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna / Austria. The focus of his work over the last years was on Neurobiology, Stem Cell research and Parkinson's disease. In particular he is interested in using human induced pluripotent stem cells for the development of advanced approaches for in vitro disease modeling. Jens published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed journals, holds several patents and severs as reviewer for numerous journals and funding agencies.