| 1958 | born in Hamburg (Germany) |
| 1976 | Abitur at Hansa-Gymnasium in Hamburg-Bergedorf |
| 1977-1983 | Study at University of Hamburg. Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Educating Sciences |
| 1983 | Diploma-degree in Mathematics, University of Hamburg |
| 1984 | Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Hamburg |
| 1988 | Venia legendi (Habilitation) in Mathematics, University of Hamburg |
| 1989 | Visiting professor, University of Freiburg |
| 1990-2001 | Associate Professor (C3), Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| 2001 | Offer from University of Bayreuth to succeed Prof. P. J. Huber, turned down |
| since 2001 | Full Professor (C4), Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| since 2002 | Associate Editor of Statistics |
| 2003-2005 | Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science |
| 2005-2007 | Member of the senate at Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| 2007 | Offer from University of Hamburg to succeed Prof. G. Neuhaus, turned down |
| 2008-2019 | Associate Editor of the Journal of the Korean Statistical Society (JKSS) |
| 2009-2011 | Chairman of the Mathematics Department Mathematik, Carl-Friedrich-Gauss-Faculty at Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| 2008-2012 | Member of the board ot the Fachgruppe Stochastik of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) |
| 2012-2015 | Associate Editor Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference |
| since 2013 | Member of Braunschweigischen Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft |
| 2015-2017 | Chairman of the Mathematics Department Mathematik, Carl-Friedrich-Gauss-Faculty at Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| 2021- | Co-Editor of Metrika |