Dr. Lingor received his medical training at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and at the University of Montpellier, France, as well as at the Mount Sinai Medical School, New York. For his doctoral thesis, Dr. Lingor joined the lab of Klaus Unsicker at the Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University of Heidelberg, where he worked on neurotrophin-mediated neuroprotection of primary dopaminergic neurons in models of oxidative stress lesions under the supervision of Kerstin Krieglstein. In 2001, he joined the lab of Mathias Bähr at the University of Göttingen, where he became interested in mechanisms of axonal degeneration and regeneration in the CNS. He established his own research group focusing on models of neurotrauma and neurodegeneration. Dr. Lingor is now a board-certified senior neurologist and lecturer in neurology at the University of Göttingen. His clinical work includes a walk-in clinic for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.