Education
| 01/2008 | PhD, University of Stuttgart |
| 08/2004 | Diploma in Physics, University of Stuttgart |
Academic Career
| since 10/2013 | Professor (W2), JGU Mainz |
| 04/2011 - 09/2013 | Post-Doc, University of Düsseldorf (with Hartmut Löwen) |
| 01/2009 - 03/2011 | Feodor Lynen Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (with David Chandler) |
| 01/2008 - 12/2008 | Post-Doc, University of Stuttgart (with Udo Seifert) |
Academic and Editorial Services
| since 07/2019 | Spokesperson for profile area M³ODEL |
| since 04/2019 | Chairman of the Institute of Physics, JGU Mainz |
| since 06/2016 | Associate Editor New Journal of Physics |