| 1991-1996 | Diploma in Mathematics, University of Freiburg. |
| Thesis Advisor: Rolf Schneider. | |
| 1997-1999 | PhD in Mathematics, University of Freiburg. |
| Thesis Advisor: Ludger Rüschendorf. | |
| 09/2000-06/2002 | Postdoc (Emmy Noether Fellowship, DFG), McGill University, School of Computer Science, Montreal. |
| Host: Luc Devroye. | |
| 07/2002-12/2002 | Visiting assistant research fellow, Academia Sinica, Institute of Statistical Science, Taipei. |
| Host: Hsien-Kuei Hwang. | |
| 01/2003-10/2006 | Head of an Independent Junior Research Group. Emmy Noether Fellowship, J.W. Goethe University. |
| 2005 | Habilitation in Mathematics, J.W. Goethe University. |
| since 11/2006 | Full Professor (W3) for Stochastics, J.W. Goethe University. |
| (tenured since 11/2008 after an external offer) | |