Studies of physics at the Free University of Berlin focusing in solid state physics and nano physics; Dipl. Phys. (Master of Science in Physics) in 2010. Abroad studies at the University of Zurich, the ETH Zurich, and the University of Cambridge. Elected studies in basics of economics at the Free University of Berlin with focus in theoretical economics.

Research work at the Free University of Berlin in the field of simulation of the growth and properties of carbon nanotubes. Research stay at the University of Cambridge. Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) awarded from the Free University of Berlin in 2013.

Legal training at Eisenführ Speiser, at the University of Hagen, at the 2nd Civil senate of the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the Federal Patent Court; State Examination passed in 2016. Patent Attorney (Germany) and European Patent Attorney at Eisenführ Speiser since 2017.

Heiko Dumlich is member of the standing committee IP Office Practice & Procedures of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).