Study of Physics and Biology Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (1977-1984)
Adjunct Research Instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey/CA/USA (1985- 1986)
PhD in Physics (1991)
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Advanced Study Program (University Corporation of Atmos-pheric Research, UCAR) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder/CO/USA (1991-1993)
German Habilitation in meteorology (1999)
Head of the Aerosol Research Group at the Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere at the Research Center Jülich Ltd. (1998-2000), Professor Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (since 2000)
Director (part-time) and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (since 2001)
