2017 to present :
vice dean of the medical faculty of preclinical affairs, research career development and international affairs
2012 to present:
member of the excellence cluster 'Cells in Motion
2005 to present:
Professor Physiological Chemistry & Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
2002-2005:
Full Professor in "Medical Immunology", Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden
1998:
Habilitation in 'Immunology', Medical Faculty, University of Erlangen
1994-2002:
Group Leader in the Institute for Experimental Medicine, University Erlangen-Nuernberg, headed by Prof. K. von der Mark
1990-1993:
Group Leader in the Clinical Research Unit for Rheumatology, Max Planck Society, Erlangen, Germany, headed by Prof. K. von der Mark
1988-1990:
Postdoctoral scientist at Stanford Medical School, USA, in the laboratory of Dr E. Butcher
1983-1988:
DiplomaThesis & Doctoral Thesis, Max Planck Institut for Developmental Biology; Prof. Dr.W.Risau; Dept. Prof. Dr. F.Bonhoeffer
1981-1982:
Undergraduate studies at the Max Planck Institut for Biochemistry
1977-1981:
Study of Biochemistry, Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet, Tuebingen, Germany

Awards:
1989: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
1990: Postdoctoral Fellowship Stanford University
2004: Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia
2007: Teacher of the Year of the Medical Faculty, WWU, Münster University
2009: Teacher of the Year of the Medical Faculty, WWU, Münster University