 In 1994 he took up the position of ordinary professor of classical philology at the University of Trier, with a special focus on Greek.From 2002-2004, he was vice-president for research, teaching and external affairs at Trier.Wöhrle is a liaison lecturer of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, a committee member of the scholarship foundation of Rheinland-Pfalz and a contributor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.