Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Knüppel has studied Turkology and Altaistics as well as political sciences, ethnology / social anthropology, pre- and protohistory (European archaeology) and history of art in Göttingen and Hamburg. In summer 2016 he qualified as a professor (habilitation process) in the field of Turkology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Since October 1st, 2018 he is working as professor of Social Anthropology / Ethnology, Cultures, Languages and History of Siberia at the Arctic Studies Center (ASC), School of History, Culture and Tourism (now Foreign Language School) of Liaocheng University. M. Knüppel's expertise covers Social Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Sciences with focus on the studies on oriental languages, History of Religion and Altaistics (especially Tungus languages, cultures and history) as well as Paleosiberian studies.