Obliged military service:
1987 – 1988 Mechanic on Fregatte Braunschweig
University education:
1988 – 1991 Studies of physics and mathematics in Freiburg i. Br.
1991 – 1992 Maitrise de Physique, Universite Toulouse III
1992 – 1993 DEA de Physique Theorique, Universite Aix-Marseille
PhD in theoretical physics:
1993 – 1997 Universite Toulouse III, advisor J. Bellissard
Habilitation in mathematics:
July 2002 TU Berlin
Postdocs:
1996 – 1997 ATER, Universite Toulouse III
1997 – 1998 TMR Postdoc, Universidad de Milano, Sede di Como
1998 – 1999 C1-Position at Technische Universität Berlin, SFB 288
1999 – 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California at Irvine
2000 – 2001 NSF and DFG funded postdoc in Irvine
2001 – 2004 C1-Position at Technische Universität Berlin, SFB 288