1985-1990

Study of Hydraulic engineering at Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany; Dipl.-Ing.

1990-1993

Postgraduate studies in Geography; Research fellow, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

1993

Ph. D. Thesis "Dr. rer. nat.", Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

1993-1996

Head of IHU Geologie & Analytik Güstrow branch, Germany

1996-1998

German Institute for Standardisation (DIN), Berlin, Germany

1998-2007

Professor for Hydraulic Engineering at the Department of Water Management, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2002-2007

Head of the Institute for Water Management and Ecotechnology (IWO), Magdeburg, Germany

July-Dec 2003

Visiting professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

2006-2009

Visiting professor at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA

since Feb. 1, 2007

Full professor; Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany

2009-2013

Head of Kaiserslautern Institute for Flood Management and River Engineering (KLIFF)

Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

Visiting professor at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Nairobi, Kenya (supported by the advisory program of the German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD)

since 2012

Temporary stays as visiting professor at the University of Namibia, Ongwediva Campus, Namibia (supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH)

Oct 2012 - Feb 2014

Vice Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern

Feb 2014 - May 2017

Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern

June 2017-May 2018

Vice Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern