1979 − 1982: University Cologne, Germany, Undergraduate Studies in Physics
1982 − 1986: RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Undergraduate Studies in Physics
1987 − 1989: RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Graduate Studies in Physics (PhD)
1990: Postdoctoral researcher at the IBM Th. J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
2001: Habilitation in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
since 1991: Research group leader: Mulit-tip Scanning Probe Microscopy at PGI-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich.
since 2001: Adjunct Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
since 2012: Managing director of mProbes GmbH, Jülich, Germany
ORCID: 0000-0001-9580-7031