| Oct 91 – Apr 97 | Physics studies at the University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| Jun 95 – Apr 97 | Diploma thesis at the dept. of physical chemistry “Molekulardynamik-Simulationen zur Untersuchung von Wasserfäden in Biomembranen” with Prof. J. Brickmann |
| Jun 97 – Jan 00 | PhD student at the dept. of physical chemistry, TU Darmstadt in the group of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brickmann “Computersimulation des Protonentransports in Wasser und durch eine Biomembran” |
| Mar 00 – Mar 01 | Postdoc-fellow at the Graduiertenkolleg “Kinetik und Mechanismen von Ionenreaktionen” Institut für Physikalische Chemie I, TU Darmstadt |
| Apr 01 – Jun 01 | Postdoc with Prof. M. Parrinello, MPI für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart |
| Jul 01 – Sep 02 | Postdoc with Prof. M. Parrinello, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| Sep 02 – Sep 08 | Group leader with Prof. R. Kniep, MPI für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Dresden |
| Jan 06 | Habilitation at the TU Dresden in physical chemistry Thesis: “Theoretical Approaches for the Investigation of Reaction Mechanisms, Crystal Nucleation and Phase Transitions” |
| Oct 08 – Jan 10 | Heisenberg-fellow |
| Aug 09 – Sep 09 | visiting professor Koc University Istanbul, Turkey |
| Sep 09 – Oct 09 | visiting professor Universita di Cagliari, Italy |
| since Feb 10 | W2-Professor for Theoretical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |