1995 graduation (Dr. techn.) @ TU Wien 1995-1997 postdoc @ ETH Zürich 1997-1999 Humboldt fellow @ Frankfurt U. 2001 habilitation @ Frankfurt U. 1999-2002 APART fellow of Austrian Academy of Sciences @ TU Wien 2002-2004 CERN fellow since 2004 professor @ Bielefeld U.