1987 

PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Hannover, Germany

1988-1990

Postdoc, Department of Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

1990-1993

Research Fellow/Postdoc,  Departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
 Boston, USA

1994-2000

Independent Group Leader, Gene Center, LMU Munich

2000-2002

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, LMU Munich

since 2002

Professor of Molecular Immunology and Cell Biology, University of Bonn