in 2001, he initially worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Clinic of Nuclear Medicine.
His professorship is funded by the Werner Siemens Foundation,[4] which has its headquarters in Switzerland.
In May 2020, Pichler was elected dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen.
The laboratory headed by Pichler primarily focuses on fundamental research into new diagnosis and treatment methods in the fields of oncology, neurology, cardiology and immunology.
He is holder and applicant of many patents on integrated PET/MR scanners and radioactive tracers.