Johannes is a qualified Registered Nurse (Adult Nursing) and completed his training in Germany in 1998. Since the year 2000, he has worked in several UK hospitals within the specialty of Intensive Care and has gained extensive experience in different roles.

Initially, he completed his specialist clinical training in Intensive Care followed by the successful achievement of a BSc (Hons) from Southbank University. He further completed a mentorship program and gained a Diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 2008, he started his MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing at the London School of Economics & Political Sciences, while also working as a Audit Nurse within Intensive Care. After the completion of this program he developed a reseach team within his local unit gaining fundamental and specialst knowledge in the implementation and completion of clinical trials.

Since 2016 he has worked as a Senior Lecturer at St George's University of London before joining the University of Brighton.

Johannes' research interests include primarily the subject area of Intensive Care with a focus on outcome and process managment of patients admitted and discharged from Intensive Care Units. He also has develped expertise in family engagement practices that influence patient progression beyond their Intensive Care Unit stay. He has presented at international conferences and has written and co-authored several scientific studies and book chapters.

As an accredited educator, my primary teaching responsibilities include the specialist training of Intensive Care nurses who undertake their specialty training and lead the disseration module for the BSc Professional and Clinical Practice. I have developed skills using a variety of teaching approaches in a mostly collaborative way such as scenario-based learning, critical appraisal, and beyond utilising e-learning techniques to involve students in a multitude of different didactic approaches.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, I have returned to the clinical side predominantly teaching non-ICU nurses the skills required to safely look after this complex patient cohort. I also have been heavily involved in an international training program upskilling clinical staff for redepolyment within Intensive Care areas.