Prof. Dr Mario Thevis

// studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen and sports science at German Sport University Cologne

// After receiving his doctorate in biochemistry (2001), he completed a post-doc at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)

// Following his habilitation in biochemistry in 2004, he was appointed Professor of Preventive Doping Research in 2006

// He is Chair of the Centre for Preventive Doping Research at ­German Sport University Cologne and Head of the European Monitoring Centre for Emerging Doping Agents

// His key areas of research focus on the development of new detection procedures for analytical anti-doping tests (especially new agents and peptide hormones currently undergoing clinical trials)