Curriculum Vitae
| 1962 | Born in Mannheim on December 20, 1962 |
| 1982 | Abitur at the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim |
| 1982 - 83 | Basic military service in Homberg/Efze and Kassel |
| 1983 - 85 | Study of law at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1985 - 86 | Scholarship granted by the University of Lausanne and studies within Switzerland |
| 1986 - 89 | Scholarship granted by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 1986 - 89 | Study of law at the University of Freiburg i. Br. |
| 1989 | University graduation, law degree (First State Exam) |
| 1989 - 92 | Referendariat (higher state training in law) in Freiburg i. Br. |
| 1989 - 90 | Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Department of Criminology in Freiburg i. Br. |
| 1990 - 91 | Studies at the Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften (German University of Administrative Sciences) in Speyer |
| 1991 | Elective stage at the Legal Committee's Office of the German Bundestag in Bonn |
| 1992 | Second State Exam (in law) |
| 1992 - 94 | Doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i. Br. |
| since 1992 | Freelance work in a law firm in Freiburg i. Br. |
| 1994 - 2007 | Senior researcher at the Department of Criminology; 1994-99 also manager of administrative affairs |
| 1996 | Awarded Dr. jur. (summa cum laude) at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg |
| 1996 | Carl-von-Rotteck-Award of the Faculty of Law at the University of Freiburg for the doctoral thesis “Die Sicherungsverwahrung auf dem Prüfstand” |
| 1997 - 2007 | Admission as lawyer |
| 1999 | Elected to the Humanities Section of the Max Planck Society's Scientific Council as representative of the scientific staff |
| 2002 | Re-elected to the Humanities Section of the Max Planck Society's Scientific Council (until 2005); elected by the scientific staff of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, as ombudsman for counselling in cases of conflict regarding good scientific practice (until 2005) |
| 2003 | Habilitation at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg with a thesis on „Die rechtliche Bewältigung von Erscheinungsformen organisierter Kriminalität“. Award of the venia legendi for criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology, juvenile criminal law and prison law |
| 2004 | Appointment as examiner for the First State Exam by the Ministry of Justice of Baden-Württemberg |
| 2004 | Stand-in for a C4-chair (succession of Prof. Tiedemann) at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (summer semester) |
| 2004 | Only and first laureate of the prize "Erster Preis der Polizei-Führungsakademie Münster-Hiltrup 2003"for the habilitation thesis „Die rechtliche Bewältigung von Erscheinungsformen organisierter Kriminalität“ (Award: 5.000 €) |
| 2004 - 2006 | Lecturer of Law at the University of Freiburg Law School |
| 2005 | Offered the position as Chair (W 3) for Criminal Law and Procedural Law at the University of Tuebingen Law School |
| 2006 | Accepted the position valid from April 1, 2006; simultaneous academic leave of absence from the MPI until 2007; initially stand-in for the chair |
| May 2006 | Appointed as Professor of Law at the University of Tuebingen Law School |
| May 2007 | Declined the offer for a position as Chair (W 3) for Criminology at the University of Gießen Law School (Successor of Professor Kreuzer) Declined the offer for a position as Chair (W 3) for Criminal Law at the University of Constance (Successor of Professor Heinz) |
| 2007 - 2011 | Associate Director at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Tuebingen |
| 2008 | Elected to the Academic Senate Committee for the Investigation of Misconduct in Science |
| 2008 - 2010 | Dean of Studies for the Faculty of Law of the University of Tuebingen |
| 2009 | Re-elected to the Academic Senate Committee for the Investigation of Misconduct in Science |
| Oct. 2010 - Sep. 2012 | Vice Dean for the Faculty of Law of the University of Tuebingen |
| Since October 2011 | Director of the Institute of Criminology |
| 2011 | Elected to the Review Board “Law and Criminology” of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (term of office 2012-2015) |
| Oct. 2012 - Sep. 2014 | Dean for the Faculty of Law of the University of Tuebingen |
| 2015 | Re-elected to the Review Board “Law and Criminology” of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (term of office 2016-2019) |
| 2022 - 2022 | Vice President of the Society of Criminology (Kriminologische Gesellschaft) |
| 2023 - 2024 | President of the Society of Criminology (Kriminologische Gesellschaft) |
| Since 2025 | Board Member of the Society of Criminology (Kriminologische Gesellschaft) |
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