| 1960 | Born in Nuremberg |
| 1980-1986 | Studied at the University of Tübingen und FU Berlin; subject: Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern languages, classical archaeology |
| 1986 | Received Masters qualification at FU Berlin |
| 1986-1990 | Scientific position with German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Damascus |
| 1990-1992 | Researcher at FU Berlin |
| 1991 | PhD at FU Berlin (topic: Mitanni and Middle Assyrian pottery) |
| 1992-1994 | Post-doctoral position (Habilitation) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1994-1996 | Recioient of funding from the Heisenberg-Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1995 | Completion of post-doctoral research (Habilitation) on the topic of house and households in Northern Mesopotamia at the University of Halle-Wittenberg |
| seit 1996 | C3-Professor for Near eastern Archaeology at the University of Tübingen |