July 1978 Dipl.-Phys. degree, Technical University (TU) Darmstadt, Germany
1978–1979 Research Fellow, Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
1979–1980 Research Assistant, Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut (DKI) Darmstadt, Germany
1980–1985 Research Scientist, Institute of Electroacoustics, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Dec. 1984 Dr.-Ing. degree, Communications Engineering, TU Darmstadt (summa cum laude)
1985–1994 Senior Scientist & Project Manager, Department of Signal Processing and Display Equipment, Heinrich-Hertz Institute (HHI) for Telecommunications Berlin, Germany
Dec. 1992 Fellow of the IEEE (since 2018 Life Fellow)
1994–1997 Associate University Professor (C3) for Sensorics, University of Potsdam, Germany
since 1997 Full University Professor (C4) for Applied Condensed-Matter Physics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
2004–2012 Chairman, M.Sc. program in Polymer Science, FU, HU and TU Berlin, and U Potsdam, Germany
2006–2012 Vice Dean (2006–2008) and Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
Nov. 2011 Fellow / Life Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
2007/08, 2014–2021 Technical (2007/08, 2014/15) and Administrative (2016/17) VP, President (2018/19), and Past President (2020/21) of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)
1981ff. Visiting scientist/professor at: AT&T Bell Labs, NJ, USA; ENS Cachan/ESPCI Paris, France; USP São Carlos, Brazil; HUJI Jerusalem, Israel; XJTU Xi’an, China; U Chongqing, China; TU Berlin, Germany