Elementary school and High School in Niederstetten and Weikersheim
1980-1982
Military Service with German Army in Nürnberg and Niederstetten
1982-1988
Physics studies at Konstanz University
1988
Diploma in Physics (Nuclear Solid State Physics)
1988
Research stay at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa/Israel)
1992
PhD in Physics at Konstanz, Germany (Prof. Schatz)
1992-1993
Postdoctoral Fellow at Uppsala University (Prof. Erik B. Karlsson)
1993-2000
Research Assistant at Würzburg University (Prof. Umbach)
2000
Habilitation in Experimental Physics
2000-2002
Senior Research Assistant at Würzburg University (Prof. Umbach)
since 2002
Professor of Physical Chemistry (C3) at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Official University duties: FAU Commission of International Affairs, Head of Admission Committee MSc Chemistry & Molecular Science
Research stay at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (2015) Guest lecturer at Tongji University Shanghai (2014) and SUSTech Shenzhen (2016, 2018, 2019)