1988 − 1994: Study of Physics, University of Erlangen.
1994 − 1998: Ph.D. studies at University of Erlangen and Rostock,
Dr. rer. nat. in Physics at University of Rostock (1998).
1999 − 2001: Postdoc at the Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark (with Klaus Bechgaard and Robert Feidenhans’l).
2001 − 2006: “Wissenschaftlicher Assistent“ at University of Würzburg in the group of Eberhard Umbach, “Habilitation” at University of Würzburg (2006).
2006 − 2010: “Akademischer Oberrat” at University of Würzburg (granted to leave in 2008).
2008 − 2012: Group Leader at the Institute for Bio- and Nanosystems (IBN-3) of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
since 2012: Professor for Experimental Physics at the Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3) of Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Institute for Experimental Physik IV-A of RWTH Aachen University.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3567-5377
ResearcherID: K-3624-2013