| 05/2013 | Appointment to außerplanmäßiger Professor |
| 01/2007 | Appointment as Privatdozent |
| 12/2006 | Habilitation in Organic Chemistry |
| 01/1997 – 12/2006 | Independent research (Habilitation) at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 01/1995 – 10/1996 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. Yves Rubin at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| 06/1994 | Dr. rer. nat. of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Cologne |
| 03/1990 – 06/1994 | Dissertation ”Homologous Porphyrinoids” (”Homologe Porphyrinoide”) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Emanuel Vogel, University of Cologne |
| 05/1989 – 03/1990 | Diploma thesis ”Synthesis of novel tetrapyrrolic macrocycles” (”Synthese neuer tetrapyrrolische Makrocyclen”) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Emanuel Vogel, University of Cologne |
| 10/1984 – 05/1989 | Undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Cologne |
