| 1977-1978 | Studies of Pharmacy at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1978-1981 | Studies of Pharmacy, Universität Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1981-1982 | Practical year in Pharmacy |
| 1982 | Final pharmaceutical examination |
| 1982-1985 | PhD thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Franz Hofmann at the Institut für Pharmakologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany Title of the thesis: Molecular basis of Ca2+ influx modulation in cardiac muscle by Ca2+ channel blockers |
| 1986 | Head of 'Production of Liquid Pharmaceuticals', Böhringer Ingelheim, Germany |
| 1986-1988 | Head of 'Quality control', Zentrale Krankenhausapotheke, Deutsche Bundeswehr, Koblenz, Germany |
| 1988-1990 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Abteilung für Medizinische Biochemie, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany |
| 1991-1996 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany |
| 1994 | Postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) in 'Pharmacology and Toxicology', Technische Universität München, Germany. Mentor: Prof. Dr. Franz Hofmann Title of the thesis: cGMP-dependent protein kinase: heterologous expression, tissue-specific distribution and modulation of cytosolic Ca2+- concentration |
| 1996-2001 | Associate professor (C3) at the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany |
| 2001-present | Full professor and Chair (C4) , Abteilung für Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Klinische Pharmazie, Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany |
| 2011-present | Director of the Institute of Pharmacy, Universität Tübingen, Germany |
