2007 - present: Professor of Experimental Nuclear Physics, Universität zu Köln (University of Cologne)
2021 - present: Member of the Physics panel, Academy of Finland
2018 - 2024: Member of the BMBF advisory committee "Physics of the smallest particles"
2015 - 2024: Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board ELI-RO (chair since 2020)
2013: Albertus Magnus Teaching Award, Universität zu Köln
2010: Albertus Magnus Teaching Award, Universität zu Köln
2003: Distinguished Teaching Award, Darmstadt University of Technology
1997 - 2007: Professor of Experimental Nuclear Physics, Darmstadt University of Technology
1996 - 1997: Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
1995: Research Associate and Lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
1992 - 1995: Research Associate, Universität Köln
1992: PhD in Nuclear Physics, Universität Köln
1989: Physics Diploma, Universität Köln
1965: born in Mönchengladbach, Germany

Hobbies: Dinghy and yacht sailing.