University of Applied Sciences Munich, Microengineering, Prediploma
1982 - 1988:
Technical University Munich and Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Physics, Diploma thesis with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Abstreiter in experimental semiconductor physics
1988 - 1992:
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / IBM Research Group Munich Dr. rer. nat. in experimental physics with Prof. Dr. Gerd Binnig in Atomic Force Microscopy
2001:
Universit?t Augsburg, Habilitation, Habilitation-thesis "Progress in Atomic Force Microscopy" (2000)
Professional experience:
1981 - 1988:
Numerous summer jobs with International Business Machines Corporation, Max Planck Institut and others
1992:
Postdoctoral Fellow IBM
1992 - 1994:
Park Scientific Instruments Inc., Sunnyvale, California: UHV R&D Scientist, Senior Scientist and Director of UHV Products
1995 - 1996:
McKinsey&Company, Inc.: Senior Associate
1996 - 2006:
Universit?t Augsburg, Experimentalphysik VI: Leader scanning probe microscopy group and lecturer
2005:
Offer for a Chair in Experimental Physics at University of Bristol (England)
Offer for a Chair in Experimental Physics at University of Regensburg
2006 - today:
Full Professor at Universit?t Regensburg, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakult?t II - Physik, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik