Education
1989 Abitur Gymnasium Alle Altona in Hamburg
1990-1996 Study of Mathematics at the University of Hamburg and Ohio State
University
1994 Master of Science, Ohio State University
1996 Diploma, University of Hamburg
1999 Dr. rer. nat, TU München
2004 Habilitation, TU München

Awards, Scholarships
2005 Feodor Lynen Fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2010-2015 Grant by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung in the program "Rückkehr deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland" organized by the German Scholars Organization (GSO)

Employment
2009-now Full professor of Operations Research at University of Trier, department of Mathematics

2007-2009 Full professor of Operations Research at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Operations department

2005-2007 Visiting professor at Yale University, department of Economics

2004-2005 Acting associate professor at TU München, department of Mathematics

summer 2001 Visiting scientist IBM Research| Watson Research Center,
Mathematical Sciences Department

2000-2007 Scientific assistent at TU München, department of Mathematics
1997-2000 Scientific employee at TU München, department of Mathematics

1996-1997 Fellowship of the Graduiertenkolleg "Mathematische Optimierung", University of Trier