1991-1994		Study of Physics at the University of Ulm
1994-1996		Master of Science at the University of Oregon, Eugene
1995-1996		Experimental quantum optics work in the laboratory of Prof. M. Raymer
1996-2000		Doctoral work at the University of Konstanz, laboratory of Prof. Jürgen Mlynek Dissertation: Microscopy with a single-molecule light source, group of Dr. Vahid Sandoghdar

2000-2003		Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkley Research on single-molecule biophysics with Prof. Carlos Bustamante
2003-2006		Group leader in the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU München Research on nanomechanics with single molecules
2006-2008		Juniorprofessor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU München Research on nanomechanics with single molecules
2008-2011		W2 Professor at the Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU München
since 2011		Director at the Institut of Biophysics, University of Ulm

1994-1996		Fulbright Scholarship for studying at the University of Oregon, Eugene
1998-1999		PhD Scholarship by the Carl-Zeiss-Schott Förderstiftung
2007		Römerpreis of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU München
2009		ERC Starting Investigator Grant, ATP dependent nucleosome remodelling - Single molecule studies and super-resolution microscopy
2010		Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein-Preis der Deutschen Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie