| Since 2011 | Head of the Institute of Adaptive System and Function Integration of the Technical University Braunschweig |
| 2011 - 2020 | Advisory Member of Directorate of the DLR Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems |
| 2010 | Appointment as full professor for Adaptive Systems at the Technische Universität Braunschweig |
| 2003 - 2011 | Vice Director of the Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems |
| 2003 | Appointment as full professor for adaptive light weight structures at the Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg |
| 1994 | PhD from the University RWTH Aachen |
| 1989 - 2003 | Scientist in the DLR-Institute of Aeroelasticity |
| 1988 - 1989 | university teaching position for material technology at the University of Kassel |
| 1983 - 1988 | Study of mechanical engineering at the University of Kassel, Main focus on mechanics and material science |
| 1978 - 1983 | Mechanic in a power plant in Hanover |
| 1975 - 1977 | Vocational training as mechanic in Hanover |
