| 1974 - 1979 | Study of Chemistry at the Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1979 | Diploma thesis "On the calculation of magnetic and spectroscopic parameters with the Xalpha-SW-method". Group: Prof. Dr. W. Haberditzl, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1984 | Dr. rer. nat. "On the calculation of energy-eigenvalues, electronic densities and magnetic parameters using the Xalpha-SW-method". |
| 1984 - 1991 | Scientist at the Central Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, Berlin |
| 1992 - 1993 | Scientist in the research group Fluorometallates at the Centre of Inorganic Polymers (KAI e.V.) in Berlin |
| 1994 - 1998 | Scientist at the Institute of Chemistry of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Group: ESR spectroscopy (Prof. Dr. R. Stößer) |
| 1998 - 2004 | Scientist at the Institute of Chemistry at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Group: Prof. Dr. R. Stößer |
| January 2004 | Habilitation in Inorganic Chemistry Thesis: Spin probes in solids with coexisting crystalline and non-crystalline regions - Aspects of local structure in fluorides and oxides of aluminium |
| Since 2004 | Scientist at the Institute of Chemistry of the Humboldt-University of Berlin Group: Prof. Kemnitz |
| Reviewer for scientific journals: | Angew. Chem., Chem. Mater., J. Phys. Chem., J. Solid State Chem., Solid State Sci., Dalton Trans., J. Phys. Chem. Sol., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., Catal. Comm., J. Fluorine Chem., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., ChemTexts, Z. Phys. Chem. | Number of publications: | 178 |
| 1994 | Visiting Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory / Chemical Technology Division (USA, Illinois); Invited by Dr. L.A. Curtiss; |
| 1999 | Visiting Lecturer at Université du Maine, Le Mans (France), Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, Faculté des Sciences; Université du Maine, Le Mans, France |
| 2000 | Visiting Lecturer at Université du Maine, Le Mans (France), Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, Faculté des Sciences; Université du Maine, Le Mans, France |
| 2008 | Visiting Professor at Université du Maine, Le Mans (France), Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, Faculté des Sciences; Université du Maine, Le Mans, France |