Since 2001 Director of the Institute for Hygiene at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (EMU), 1990 - 2001 University professor (C3) for hygiene at the Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, 1989 Habilitation in the subject "Medical Microbiology" at the University of Hamburg, 1984 - 1989 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the University of Hamburg, 1982 - 1984 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the Ruhr-University Bochum,1982 Doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. ("Summa cum laude") at the Institute of Microbiology of the Technical University of Darmstadt, 1973 - 1979 studied biology with a diploma at the Technical University of Darmstadt
Microbiology