Prof. Dr. J. R. Strub, born in 1948, received his D.D.S., Dr. Med. Dent. and Dr. Med. Dent. Habil. (PhD equiv) degrees from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 1975/1985 and the Dr. h.c. from the National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece, in 2008.
He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biomaterials at Tulane University and Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA, 1982-1983. From 1982-1988 he was Associate Professor and co-director of the Graduate Programme in Periodontal Prosthetics at the University of Zurich.
Since 1988 Dr. Strub has been Professor and Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany.
From 1997 – 2001 he was Dean and since 2002 he is Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the School of Dentistry of the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany.
He was a Visiting Clinical Professor of Fixed Prosthodontics at the Osaka University in Osaka, Japan in 1996. Since 2009 he is Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Dept. Preventive and Restorative Sciences), Philadelphia, USA.
Since October 2016 Prof. Dr. J. R. Strub is Professor Emeritus (Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany).