Dr Alexander Zink is married and has two children. He spends his free time with his family and occasionally throws in a round of golf.After completing his degree in biology at the University of Freiburg, he did his doctorate at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Bonn in the diagnosis of psychomotor developmental disorders. After his post-doc period, he moved to Bayer AG for 6 ½ years in pre-clinical research in the field of cardiovascular diseases and ophthalmology.