Matthias Ruffert

Born 1966; 1987–1992 Legal Studies in Passau, Trier and London (King's College); 1992/1993 Stagiaire at the European Commission (DG XI – Environment); 1994–1996 Legal Traineeship; 1996 Dr. iur. in Trier, Assistant of Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder, 2000 Dr. iur. habil. in Trier; 2002–2016 Professor of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany; 2006–2016 Judge at the Administrative Court of Appeal of Thuringia; 2010–2015 Member of the Thuringian Constitutional Court; 2008–2016 Member of the Review Board »Jurisprudence« of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German National Science Foundation (from 2010 onwards as spokesperson); since April 2016 Professor of Public Law and European Law at the Law Faculty of the Humboldt University Berlin.