Curriculum Vitae

born 1951 at Mettlach (Germany)
1976 master’s degree („Diplom“) in mathematics at the University of Saarland (Germany)
1978 doctorate received from the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
1982-1986 Assistant Professor („Hochschulassistent“) at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
1983 habilitation in mathematics at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
1983 Visisting Assistant Professor at the North Carolina State University at Raleigh (U.S.A.)
1986-2017 Professor („Universitätsprofessor“) at the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
2001 rejected call to a professorship at the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)