University Education:
| 1987 | Training at IBM research lab Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1985-1991 | Diploma in Physics, RWTH-Aachen, Germany |
| 1991-1995 | Ph.D. in Physics, TU-Berlin and RWTH-Aachen, Germany |
| 1995-1996 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium |
| 1996-2001 | Habilitation in Physics, University of Würzburg, Germany |
Awards:
| 1995 | „Borchers-Plakette“ of the RWTH-Aachen |
Research and Teaching Positions:
| 1999-2002 | Assistant Professor of Physics (wiss. Assistant C1), University of Würzburg, Germany |
| 2009 | sabbatical stay at Stanford University, USA |
| since 2002 |
Professor of Physics, Jacobs University (formerly International University Bremen), Germany
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Functions:
Member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, and the Material Research Society (USA)
Research Interests:
Molecular and Nanoelectronics, hybrid organic systems, 2D materials, metal oxides, machine learning applied to film coating processes, organic surfaces and interfaces