1971: Born in Berlin
1990-1996: Studies in Industrial Mathematics, TU Berlin
1996: Diploma in Mathematics with P. Markowich
1996 - 1999: Scholarship in the Graduate College "Industrial Mathematics", U Kaiserslautern
1999: PhD in Mathematics with A. Unterreiter
1999: Research Assistant, FB Mathematik, TU Berlin
1999-2004 : Assistant Professor, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt
2002-2004 : Juniorprofessor, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt
2004 : Habilitation in Mathematics
2004-: Professor for Industrial Mathematics, FB Mathematik, TU Kaiserslautern
2004-: Scientific Advisor for the Fraunhofer ITWM
2009: Call to a Professorship for Optimization, Universität Hamburg (declined)
2009: Call to a Professorship for Scientific Computing, TU Darmstadt (declined)
2011: Dean, FB Mathematik, TU Kaiserslautern