Thorsten joined the School of Life Course & Population Sciences as School Manager in May 2025. He works in partnership with the Head of School and the School Executive to provide strategic and operational leadership to deliver the ambitious research, education and international portfolio across the five departments. Thorsten has responsibility for the School’s professional services teams covering Finance, HR, Research and Teaching Support, Technical Services, Health & Safety, Communications, IT and departmental support.

He is a member of the Faculty Operations Executive, working closely with the Director of Operations, Faculty leads, and the other Faculty School Managers. Prior to (re-)joining King’s, Thorsten worked at various departments in the University of Oxford, most recently heading the post-award operations in the Department of Physics. He holds a Diplom (MPhys level) in Physics from the University of Heidelberg and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from TU Munich.