Curriculum Vitae
| Month&Year | Function | Institution |
| July 2008 | Director | Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin |
| Oct. 2000 | Full professor | Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Nov. 1998 | Dr. habil. experimental physics | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Autumn 1993 | Visiting scientist | IBM Yorcktown Heights (Prof. Tony Heinz) |
| since 1992 | Research staff | Fritz-Haber-Institut d. MPG (Prof. Gerhard Ertl) |
| 1991-1992 | Postdoc | University of Texas at Austin (Prof. Mike White) |
| Feb. 1991 | PhD experimental physics | Fritz-Haber-Institut d. MPG & Freie Universität Berlin |
| Feb. 1988 | Diploma theoretical physics | Freie Universität Berlin |