Carsten is Professor in Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He also holds an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Southern California. His research is focused on lung drug disposition and pulmonary epithelial transport. Moreover, he is interested in molecular origins of airways disease. Carsten has edited 1 book and (co-) authored > 100 peer-reviewed publications and over 250 abstracts. He is the recipient of honours and awards from German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), American Physiological Society and Galenus Foundation.

Carsten serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery and Section Editor of European Journal of Pharmaceuticals Sciences and is a member of the Editorial Boards of European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmaceutical Research.