| 1958 | Born in Varel, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 1977 | Highschool degree (Lothar-Meyer-Gymnasium, Varel) |
| 1978 | Studies of Biology (until 1985) and Chemistry (until 1983) at the Free University of Berlin (FUB), Germany |
| 1985 | Diploma in Biology at the FUB (Thesis about apical potassium channels in frog skin) |
| 1986 | Assistant Professor (pre-doctoral) and Research Associate at the Institute of Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Biology of the FUB (until 1990) |
| 1989 | Dr. rer. nat. (Thesis about active chloride absorption across crab gills) |
| 1990 | Joachim Tiburtius Award (Senate of the State of Berlin) |
| 1990 | Assistant Professor at the Institute of Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Biology of the FUB (until 1996) |
| 1996 | Habilitation in Zoology (Dr. habil.) |
| 1996 | Free lance lecturer at the Institute of Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Biology of the FUB (until 2002) |
| 1998 | CAPES/DAAD-Professor at the Department of Biology of the Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP; Brazil, until 2002) |
| 2003 | Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University (WA, USA; until 2006) |
| 2004 | Adjunct Faculty Member, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University (WA, USA) |
| 2006 | Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Wagner College, Staten Island (NY, USA) |