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)