In the period from 1987-2001, he was the Director of the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (INGEB), and from 2001 he was the Project Coordinator of the DNA Project which was developed in cooperation with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). He was also engaged as the Scientific Advisor of the Institute (INGEB), and from 2006 to 2012 was appointed a Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute. 