| 03/1968 | born in Krefeld/Germany |
| 10/1988-01/1994 | Chemistry studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Technische Universität Berlin |
| 04/1993-01/1994 | Diploma thesis on the "Metal-Mediated CH and CC Activation of Cyclopropylketones in the Gas Phase" in the Schwarz group at the Technische Universität Berlin |
| 01/1994-04/1997 | Ph. D. thesis with Helmut Schwarz on the "Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry of Peroxides" |
| 04/1997-12/1997 | Research associate with Helmut Schwarz, work on neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry and on spin-forbidden reactions of small molecules and ions |
| 01/1998-06/1999 | Postdoc in the group of Julius Rebek at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla/CA, as fellow of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Halle/Saale) |
| 07/1999-07/2003 | Habilitation at the Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität Bonn as Liebig fellow of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 08/2003-09/2005 | Privatdozent (Senior Lecturer) at the Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie at the University of Bonn |
| 10/2003-09/2004 | Substitute professor for the vacant C3 professor position Prof. Bräse at the University of Bonn |
| 06/2004- |
Editor of the Journal of
Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry |
| 07/2005 | Call for a Professor Position for Organic Chemistry at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg (declined) |
| 10/2005- | Professor for Organic Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin |
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vice head of the examination board (Chemistry BSc/MSc courses), speaker of Organic Chemistry Division |
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| Memberships |
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) American Chemical Society (ACS) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Massenspektrometrie (DGMS) Hochschulverband |