1987 Ph.D. in nuclear physics at the Technical University of Graz, Austria; 1987 – 1992 Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany; 1992 – 1994 Research Associate at University of Illinois, USA 1994 Chercheur associé, LLB Saclay, France; 1994 – 2001 Chargé de recherche au CNRS Mulhouse, France; 1998 Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Mulhouse, France; 2001 – 2008 Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Mulhouse, France; since 2008 Professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of Freiburg, Germany; since 2019 Associate Editor of Polymers, Polymer Physics Section