| 1989-1992 | Study of Mathematics, History and Biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
| 1992-1993 | Study of Mathematics at the Unviversity of Warwick (Coventry/England) |
| 1993 | Master of Science in Pure Mathematics at the university of Warwick |
| 1993-1996 | Study of Mathematics, History and Biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
| 1996 | State Exam in Mathematics, History and Biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
| 1996-2007 | scientific assistant at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2001 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2007 | Habilitation at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2002-2003 | Lecturer at the University of Warwick |
| 2006-2007 | Member of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis |
| 2007-2016 | Lecturer at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2009 | Temporary Professorship at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2011-2016 | apl. Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2013 | Offer of a professorship for algebra and its applications at KU Eichstätt |
| since 2016 | apl. Professor at the University of Tübingen |
| since 2016 | Dean of Study Affairs at the Mathematics Department of the University of Tübingen |
