Since 03/2008: Full Professor of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry at Paderborn University

04/1995 - 02/2008: Assistant and lecturer at TU Dresden

02/2004: Habilitation at TU Dresden (Macromolecular Chemistry)

Habilitation thesis: Smart Hydrogels with Different Dimensions – Synthesis, Characterization and Application

08/2001 - 03/2002: Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA

04/2000: Research sojourn at Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA

11/1994 - 03/1995: Postdoc at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Textile Chemistry (IMTC) of the TU Dresden with Prof. Adler

01/1992 - 09/1994: Scientific co-worker in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAU Kiel

02/1994: Dissertation (PhD) with Prof. Tochtermann (Organic Chemistry, CAU Kiel)

PhD thesis: Stereoselective synthesis of bi[10]paracyclophanes and enantiomerically pure trisubstituted tetrahydrofuranes from 3,4-decamethylenfurane

10/1991 - 01/1992: Lecturer at the FH Kiel

10/1986 - 09/1991: Chemistry Studies at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Diploma thesis: Synthesis and structure of stereoisomeric bioxaquadricyclanes

10/2019: Honory Adjunced Professor Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

08/1994: Studienabschlu? scholarship from the FCI