After graduating from the grammar school in Westerstede, Germany, military service with the German air force and dentistry studies (1990 - 1995) and medical  studies (1995 - 2001) in Kiel Germany

2001 Assistant in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. F. Härle)

2005 Specialist registrar training for oral and maxillofacial surgery in the clinic for OMF Surgery at the University of Kiel

2006 Habilitation, UK S-H, Campus Kiel, Germany

2007 Acquired the additional qualification "plastic operations" at the Medical Chamber of Schleswig-Holstein

2007 Start and direction of the multinational research network: MyJoint / tissue engineering in oral and maxillofacial surgery, that was subsidized by the European Union with more than 2 million Euro. (The researchers in Kiel managed to grow a mandible in the muscles of a patient's back and then implant it. The project MyJoint is a network of high-ranking universities and it pursues an ambitious goal and a wide-ranging medical vision: whole functioning joints should grow in the bodies of the affected patients, so that they can be individually adapted and sustainable replace bone and cartilage tissue lifelong.).

2008 Chief Medical Director and Deputy Clinic Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel, Germany (Director.: Prof. Dr. Dr. F. Wiltfang)

2009 Call to the Chair of Surgery, Bond University Brisbane, Australia. Professorship / Chair at the Clem Jones Research Centre for Stem Cell Technologies and Regenerative Therapies of Bond University, Queensland in Australia

2013 Call to the Chair of Faciomaxillary and Regenerative Surgery of Griffith University, School of Dentistry and Oral Health, and foundation of Queensland Stem Cell Institute (QSCI)

2013 Appointment as a supernumerary professor for oral and maxillofacial surgery of the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany

Since February 2015 Group practice at Ballastkai in Flensburg, Germany, and occupancy ward for oral and maxillofacial surgery and regenerative facial surgery at the Malteser St. Franziskus Hospital in Flensburg, Germany

Panel doctor at the supraregional trauma centre in Flensburg, Germany. Continuation of the professorship for oral and maxillofacial surgery as a supernumeraty professor at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany

Member of several scientific associations:

• German Association for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (DGZMK)
• German Association for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DGMKG)
• Work group Oral pathology (AKOPOM)
• International Association for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS)
• Founder member of the Transdisciplinary Working Committee Regenerative Medicine (TAKREGMED) of DGZMK
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
• The International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• The International College of Surgeons (ICS)
• Founder member Cells Reprogramming Australia (CRA) for pluripotent stem cells
• Australian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Ärztliche / Zahnärztliche Approbationen und Registrierungen:

• Germany
• Australia
• United Kingdom

Alongside various awards and an extensive research and publication portfolio Professor Warnke has applied himself to student lectures, training and training events as well as international congresses for many years now.
Professor Warnke has published more than 100 high-level scientific publications and is Senior Editor of the famous Mercer's Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma, 10th Edition.