Head of the Department of Finance at University of Tübingen

Head of the Chair of Risk Management and Derivatives at University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart

Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Deutscher Derivate Verband (DDV)

Head of the Chair of Corporate Finance at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar

Habilitation at University of Mannheim (venia legendi for business administration and management),

topic of post doctoral thesis: "Optimal Design of Debt Claims"

Doctoral degree at University of Mannheim,

topic of Ph.D. thesis: "Valuation of Convertible Bonds when Investors Act Strategically"

Final degree Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. for studies in industrial engineering and management at University of Karlsruhe