Oct. 1985 - July 1991
Study of chemistry at the University of Hannover; primary diploma: April 1988; Diploma: July 1991.
Diploma thesis: New investigations on ternary halides of the rare earth elements containing Silver

Aug. 1991 - March 1994
PhD work in inorganic chemistry under supervision of Prof. Dr. G. Meyer at the institute of Inorganic chemistry at the University of Hannover;
examination: June 10^th 1994.
PhD thesis: Complex halides of the lanthanides containing silver and sodium: Synthesis, crystal structures, ionic conductivity

Oct. 1992 - March 1994
Study of history and philosophy at the University of Hannover,
without degree.

Sept. 1994 - March 1996
Postdoc at the department of chemistry and biochemistry of the University at Bern, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. H.U. Güdel).

April 1996 - June 2000
Habilitation at the institute of inorganic chemistry of the University of cologne  
Habilitation thesis: Contributions to the crystal chemistry and to the thermal behavior of rare earth compounds with complex oxoanions

October 20^th 2000
Inauguration lecture and granting of the venia legendi

Aug. 1991 - March 1994
Scientific co-worker at the institute of inorganic chemistry at the University of Hannover

Sept. 1994 - March 1996
Scientific co-worker at the departement of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Bern, Switzerland

April 1996 - Aug. 2001
Scientific assistent C1 (associate professor) at the institute of inorganic chemistry at the University at Cologne

Sept. 2001 - Oct. 2002
Scientific assistent C2 (associate professor) at the institute of inorganic chemistry at the University at Cologne

Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2004
Visiting professor for inorganic chemistry at the University of Oldenburg

Oct. 2004 - March 2015
Full professor for inorganic functional materials at the University of Oldenburg

since April 2015

Full professor for Inorganic Chemistry at the Justus-Liebig university of Gießen

Academic services

Institute:

Nov. 2004 - May 2005
Delegate of the chemistry institute for the implementation of the bachelor/master system

April 2005  - March 2015
Elected member of the council of the institute of chemistry

Sept. 2005 - Sept. 2007
Head of admission committee for the master study course

Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2007
Head of the examination committee for the Bachelor study program

Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008
Director of the institute of chemistry

since Oct. 2010
Head of the local GDCh committee Oldenburg

Faculty:

April 2005 - Oct. 2007
Dean for study affairs of the faculty

April 2005 - Dec. 2008
Elected member of the faculty council

University:

April 2007 - March 2009
Elected member of the academic senate of the University of Oldenburg

July 2007 - Dec. 2008
Head of the university wide commission for study affairs

Jan. 2009 - Oct. 2010
Vice president of the University of Oldenburg

April 2011 - March 2013
Elected member of the academic senate of the University of Oldenburg

Miscellaneous

July 1994
Book award of the University of Hannover for an excellent PhD thesis

November 2008
Award for excellent teaching of the university

September 2004
Best scientific poster at the 12^th meeting of the section "Solid state chemistry and material science" in the German Chemical Society, Marburg, 13. - 15.09.2004

August 2005
Best scientific poster at the 10. European Conference on Solid State Chemistry, Sheffield, GB, 29.08. - 01.09.2005

September 2012
Best scientific poster at the 16^th meeting of the section "Solid state chemistry and material science" in the German Chemical Society, Darmstadt, 17. - 19.09.2012

December 2006
Conference "Terra Rarae (Days of the rare earths)", 160 participants

March 2012
Conference "Hemdsärmelkolloquium 2012", 260 participants

April 2012-April 2016
Editor in Chief of the Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures (NCS)

"German Science Community" - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
"Austrian Science Founddation" - Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds (FWF)
Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium (FWO)