Professional Career
| 1979-1984 | Studies of Physics at the Math.-Nat. Fakultät, Universität Göttingen |
| 1982-1984 | Diploma Thesis in Nuclear Physics |
| 1988 | Ph.D. at Univ. Göttingen, Max Planck Inst. f. Biophys. Chemie, Göttingen |
| 1989-1992 | Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Robin Hochstrasser, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA |
| 1992-1998 | Research Associate at Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1993-1994 | Visiting Scientist at Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA |
| 1998 | Habilitation (physics), Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1998-2003 | Oberassistent (C2) at Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 2/2003 | C3-Professor at Fachbereich Physik, TU Kaiserslautern |
| 6-7/2007 | Visiting Scientist at Weizmann Institute and Hebrew University, Israel |
Professional Duties / Stipends / Memberships
| 1989-1991 | Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Postdoc) |
| 1992-1995 | Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Habilitation) |
| since 2004 | Member of FAP (Facility Access Panel) at FELBE, FZD (Forschungszentrum Dresden/Rossendorf) |
| since 2009 | Member of SAC (Scientific Advisory Committee) at ELBE, FZD |
| Member of professional societies | Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik American Biophysical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Departmental | Fachbereichsrat Chair of DiplomprüfungsausschussStudiengang Biophysik Research Initiative Membrane Biology (RIMB) DFG Graduiertenkolleg "Nichtlineare Optik und Ultrakurzzeitphysik" |