Johannes Thome studied medicine, philosophy and social psychology and obtained his MD/PhD degrees from Saarland University.

After his training as a resident in Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Wurzburg, he moved to the USA where he became a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University.

After two years of intensive and highly successful research in the area of molecular neuroscience and psychopharmacology, he returned to his native Germany and worked as Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Scientist at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, University of Heidelberg.

In 2004, Johannes moved to Wales and settled in Swansea, where he is currently the Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Wales Swansea.