obtained a PhD in 1995 from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich
conducts research in the field of accelerator physics, with stints at SLAC in the USA, CERN in Geneva, DESY in Hamburg and, since 2023, at GSI in Darmstadt
has held a professorship in accelerator physics at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2025
has been a Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR since 2025