| 1983 |
Abitur (A-level) |
| 1986 -1992 |
Student at the Faculty of Biology, University of Hamburg. General Botany, Physiology, Applied Botany, Zoology |
| 1988 |
Intermediate diploma (BS) |
| 1989 -1991 |
Post Graduate studies |
| 1992 |
Dipl. Biol. (M.Sc. Biology) |
| 1993-1997 |
Research fellow at the Institute of General Botany of the University of Hamburg |
| 1997 |
Ph.D. in Plant Physiology. (Dr. rer. nat.) |
| 1997 - 1999 |
Post-doc position in Systems Analyses at WARDA, Ivory Coast. |
| 1999 - 2001 |
Assistant Research Professor at the Laboratory for Agrohydology and Bioclimatology at KVL, Copenhagen. |
| Since 2001 |
Assistant Professor at the Agricultural Chemistry Institute (then: Institute for Plant Nutrition; now Department of Plant Nutrition at the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation INRES) - University of Bonn. |
| 2006 |
Habilitation in Plant Physiology/Agroecology - University of Bonn |
| 2006 | Privatdozent, Agricultural Faculty, University of Bonn |
| 2007 | Full Professor at the Agricultural Faculty of the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart |
