| born in Everswinkel near Münster (in Westphalia, northwestern Germany) |
1977 - 1983 | Studies of Physics (until 1979) and Mathematics at the TH Darmstadt and the University of Essex in Colchester (1980-81) |
1983 | Diplom in Mathematics, TH Darmstadt (supervisor: Vasco Osório) |
1984 - 1985 | Alternative service in Heidelberg |
1985 - 1996 | Research assistant at the Universität Trier (1985-90) and the Fernuniversität Hagen (1990-96) with a research stay at Imperial College, London (1986-88) |
1986 | PhD in Mathematics, Universität Trier (supervisor: Wolfgang Luh) |
1993 | Habilitation in Mathematics, FernUniversität Hagen |
1996 - 2003 | Hochschuldozent, FernUniversität Hagen |
2002 | apl. Professor, FernUniversität Hagen |
2007 - 2015 | chargé de cours (assistant professor), Université de Mons-Hainaut (now Université de Mons) |
since 2015 | professeur (associate professor), Université de Mons |