1994-1999

Institut für Organische Chemie, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt
Lecturer (Privatdozent) and research group leader

1990-1994

Institut für Organische Chemie, J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt

Projekte: Design of crafted multiple-pulse NMR experiments for the analysis of biological macromolecules

Habilitant in the lab of Prof. C. Griesinger.

Qualification: Habilitation

1984-1987

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. G. Drobny

Projects: Two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy of proteins, DNA and protein-DNA complexes; simulation and computer-aided design of multiple-pulse NMR experiments  

1984-1987

Max Planck Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany

Projekte: Structure elucidation of the HPr protein with the help of two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, development of computer programs for spectral simplification and automatic assignment of multi-dimensional NMR spectra

Research advisor: Prof. H.-R. Kalbitzer

Qualification: Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), "summa cum laude" (Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg)

1978-1984

Ruprecht Karls Universität, Heidelberg

Diploma thesis: Laser spectroscopy with photon echoes

Research advisors: Prof. K. P. Dinse and Prof. K. H. Hausser

Qualification: Diploma in physics

Summer 1998
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Rockville, MD, USA
Research in the lab of Prof. J. Marino

Summer 2002, Summer 2004
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Division of Applied Sciences
Visiting professor in the group of Prof. N. Khaneja

Spring and summer 2009
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Department of Chemistry and Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP)
Visiting professor in the group of Prof. Songi Han