He obtained his MD from University of Tuebingen and received his training in Cardiovascular Surgery at University Heart Center Hamburg. His research is related to Cardiac Regeneration with a focus on Myocardial tissue engineering from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Dr. Pecha received several awards for his research including the Philip K. Caves Award in 2015 from the ISHLT and the Dr. Martini Price 2017 from the Dr. Martini Foundation.