• Since 2012 – Full Professor for Mathematical Statistics, Universität Mannheim
• 2006 – 2012 Full Professor for Stochastics and Their Applications, Universität Göttingen
• 2004 – 2006 Associate Professor for Computational Statistics, Helmut-Schmidt-Univ.Hamburg;call from Univ. Erlangen rejected (associate professorship)
• 2003 – 2004 Assistant Professor for Probability Theory, Univ. du Luxembourg, Luxemburg
• 2002 Habilitation in Mathematics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• 1999 – 2003 Postdoc, Bayreuth Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Universität Bayreuth
• 1998 – 1999 Postdoc, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, UK
• 1997 Dr.rer.nat. in Mathematics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• 1995 D.E.A. in Geostatistics, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
• 1994 Diploma in Mathematics, Universität Bayreuth
• 1990 – 1994 Studies in Mathematics and Geoecology, Universität Bayreuth
• 1988 – 1990 Studies in Mathematics, Universität Stuttgart

My research interest lies in the spatial statistics (stochastic geometry, geostatistics), extreme value theory, software, appliation in environmental sciences, genetics and finance.