| 1952 | Born in Friedberg |
| 1970 | University-entrance diploma |
| 1970 - 1972 | Studies of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| 1972 - 1977 | Studies of Chemistry, Universität Freiburg |
| 1977 | Diploma degree in Physical Chemistry, Uni Freiburg |
| 1977 - 1983 | Research fellow at the Institut of Physical Chemistry, Uni Freiburg |
| 1983 | PhD in Physical Chemistry, Uni Freiburg |
| 1983 - 1985 | Studies of Mathematics, Universität Freiburg |
| 1985 - 1987 | Studies of Mathematics, RWTH Aachen |
| 1987 | Diploma degree in Numerical Mathematics, RWTH Aachen |
| 1987 - 1994 | User Support and System Administration at the |
| Computing Centre of RWTH Aachen, | |
| Vectorization and Parallelization of Numerical Algorithms | |
| 1995 - 2004 | Member of the Scientific Software Group at Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) |
| 2004 - 2011 | Member of the research group Computational Medicine |
| since 2011 | Member of the research group Computational Systems Biology |