| Scientific Career |
| 1981−1987 |
Study of food chemistry at the University of Stuttgart. |
| 1987−1988 |
Trainee of food chemistry at the State Food Control Laboratory in Karlsruhe. |
| 1988−1992 |
Study for PhD at the Institute for Food Chemistry of the Technical University
of Munich. (Topic: "Disulphide Bonds of Glutenin". Idenfication of covalent structures
in the high-molecular-weight protein fraction of wheat flour). |
| 1992−2007 |
Scientific coworker at the German Research Centre for Food Chemistry. |
| 1994 |
Scientific award of the German Bread and Baking Industry. |
| 1996−1999 |
Study for Associate Professor. Topic: "Structure-Function Relationships of Synthetic Emulsifiers in Breadmaking". |
| 1999 |
Associate Professor for Food Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich. |
| since 2001 |
Head of the group "Structure-Function Relationships of Biopolymers" at the German Research Centre
of Food Chemistry. |
| 2007 |
Professor for Food Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich. |
| since 2008 |
Vice director of the German Research Centre for Food Chemistry. |