Carell was born in 1966 in Herford Germany, he studied chemistry from 1985 till 1990 at the University of Münster finishing with a diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg. After his PhD thesis on Porphyrin chemistry at the same institute, he did his postdoctoral at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993.
Carell was born in Germany in 1966 and studied chemistry from 1985 to 1990 at the University of Münster. He completed his diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg before pursuing a PhD on Porphyrin chemistry there. After finishing his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993.