 In 1986 he obtained a 1-year DFG-scholarship in Germany and worked in the field of smut fungus taxonomy at the University of Tübingen, Institute of Botany, Department of Special Botany and Mycology (with Prof. Franz Oberwinkler).As the scholarship was extended successively, he decided to focus his career on mycology rather than medicine.He continued to work at the University until his retirement in 1995.