Background
He was born on 13 August 1960 in Konstanz.
He was born on 13 August 1960 in Konstanz.
He studied chemistry at the University of Cologne from 1979 till 1984. After finishing his Doctor of Philosophy thesis on abinitio calculations at the University of Cologne in 1988, he did postdoctoral studies at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the University of Florida in Gainesville about quantum theory.
He did his habilitation in 1994 at the University of Karlsruhe on abinitio calculations of Nuclear magnetic resonance-shifts. In 1995, he became professor at the University of Mainz.