
| Since 10/2008 | Professor and Director of the Institute of Innovation Marketing |
| Department of Management Sciences and Technology, Hamburg University of Technology | |
| 2006 – 2008 | Professor and Director of the Department of Innovation Management |
| Institute of Marketing and Management, University of Bern (Swiss) | |
| 2005 | Habilitation thesis: „Das Zusammenwirken von Akteuren aus Technologie und Ökonomie im Innovationskontext“ (Cooperation of actors from technology and management in the context of innovations) |
| Postdoctoral Qualification / Habilitation | |
| 2000 – 2005 | Research Associate and Habilitation student |
| Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, Hamburg University of Technology | |
| 2001 | Visiting Research Scholar |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management (USA) | |
| 1999 | Doctor thesis: „Kundenorientierung im Innovationsprozess“ (Customer-orientation in innovation processes) |
| Doctoral graduation | |
| 1995 – 1999 | Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate |
| Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | |
| 1989 – 1994 | Dipl.-Kfm.: Business Administration |
| Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel |