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Curriculum vitae
2013-2015
Dean of Studies, Biology Dept., University of Tübingen, Germany
June 2012
Visiting research professorship at Le Havre University, France
2009-2018
Founding Director of the Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Germany
since July 2008
Professor (W3) and head of the Animal Physiological Ecology section at the University of Tübingen, Germany
May 2008
Offered a professorship for General and Systematic Zoology (W3) at the University of Greifswald, Germany (declined)
June 2003
Awarded the Medal of the University and a Diploma of Excellence by the Western University Vasile Goldis, Arad, Romania
2000-2008
Professor (C3) and head of the Animal Physiological Ecology section at the University of Tübingen, Germany
1998-2000
Docent, head of a research group in Tübingen, and research fellow of the German Research Council (DFG)
1998
Habilitation (German Associate Degree)
1996-2000
Group head, Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
1994/95/96/98
Visiting Scientist, Institute for Ecology, University of Lund, Sweden
1994-96
Group head, Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
1993-94
Head of a research group and guest lecturer, Institute for Zoology, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim (Germany); in parallel group head at the Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
1992
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg with G. Alberti
1992
Scientific employee, Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
1990-1991
Research fellow of the State of Baden-Württemberg
1989
Diploma (MSc equivalent) at the Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany, in the soil zoology group of Prof. Dr. G. Alberti
1964
Born in Mannheim