| 1988 – 1994 | Studies of Chemistry and Technical Chemistry (University of Bonn, DE) |
| 1994 | Diploma (Dipl. Chem.) in Chemistry (University of Bonn, DE) |
| 1994 – 1998 | PhD-thesis (Prof. Dr. C. Wandrey, Institute of Biotechnology, Research Center Jülich, DE) |
| 1998 | Doctoral Thesis (University of Bonn, Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE) |
| 1998 – 2003 | Head of ‘Enzyme Group’ (Institute of Biotechnology, Research Center Jülich, DE) and assistant professor (Department of Chemistry, University of Bonn, DE) |
| 2000 | Organizational buildup of the Biotransformation Group (Pfizer Global Research & Development, San Diego, USA) |
| 2003 | Habilitation (University of Bonn, DE) |
| 2003 – 2004 | Professor for Biotechnology (University of Münster, DE) |
| 2005 – present | Professor for Technical Biocatalysis, Head of the Institute of Technical Biocatalysis (Hamburg University of Technology, DE) |
