| 2022 | Honorary degree (Dr. h.c.) by Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| 2021 – 2023 | Chair of KFN (German committee for research with neutrons) |
| 2011 – present | Dean of Studies in Nano-Science |
| 2006 – 2014 | Dean of Studies in Physics |
| 2004 – present | Professor (Chair) at Tübingen University |
| 2002-2004 | Lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College |
| 2002 | Habilitation in Stuttgart |
| 1998 – 2002 | Research Assistant in Stuttgart (University and MPI-MF) |
| 1996 – 1997 | Post-Doctoral Fellow at Princeton University |
| 1995/1996 | Research in Paris and Prague |
| 1995 | Dr. rer. nat. (with distinction) at Bochum University |
| 1992 | Diploma (with distinction) |
| 1987-1992 | Undergraduate studies in physics at Bochum University |
