| 16. November 1962 |
Born in Heidelberg/Germany |
| 12/1981 |
Abitur at the Altes Kurfürstliches Gymnasium in Bensheim/Bergstrasse (Germany) |
| 10/1982 - 9/1984 |
Chemistry studies at the TU Darmstadt (Germany) |
| 9/1984 - 9/1985 |
studium generale at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City (USA) |
| 10/1985 - 3/1989 |
Chemistry studies at the TU Darmstadt (Germany) |
| 9/1988 - 3/1989 |
Diploma thesis with Prof. B. Giese at the TU Darmstadt (Germany) |
| 5/1989 - 12/1991 |
Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. B. Giese, University Basel (Switzerland) |
| 1/1992 - 7/1993 |
Postdoctoral research with Prof. K. N. Houk at UCLA in Los Angeles (USA) |
| 8/1993 - 11/97 |
Habilitation at the Inst. Org. Chemistry, TU Berlin in Berlin (Germany) |
| 2/1998 - 10/1998 |
Privatdozent at TU Berlin |
| since 10/1998 |
Associate professor of organic chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München (Germany) |