Philipp is a clinical neurologist and neuro-oncologist. He completed medical school in Cologne, Germany, doctoral training at University of Bergen, Norway, and post-doctoral training at the Pitié-Salpêtrière’s Brain and Spinal Cord Disorder Institute in Paris, France. After his residency at the Dept. of Neurology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, he specialized in precision oncology at the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center. He leads the Molecular Neuro-Oncology lab at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. The group focuses on the molecular heterogeneity and classification of brain tumors using next-generation and especially long-read sequencing technologies.