| 1984 – 1990 |
studies of chemistry at the University of Bonn, Germany |
| 1989 – 1992 |
Ph.D. thesis Investigations on the Synthesis of Alkaloids and Heterocycles from 2-Vinylindoles under supervision of Prof. Siegfried Blechert at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany |
| 1992 – 1993 |
post-doctoral studies Memory of Chirality as a scholar of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under supervision of Prof. Kaoru Fuji at the University of Kyoto, Japan |
| 1994 – 1998 |
Habilitation Stereoselective Oxidation Reactions at the University of Basel |
| 02/1999 |
nomination as a Privatdozent in Organic Chemistry at the University of Basel |
| 1999 |
visiting scientist at the University of Toronto, Canada |
| 2000 |
visiting scientist at the Chuo-University in Tokyo, Japan |
| since 2000 |
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cardiff University, United Kingdom |
| 2004 |
visiting professor at Osaka University, Japan |
| 2008 |
visiting professor at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan |
| 2012 |
JSPS short-term fellowship at Kyoto University, Japan |
