1955
| Born in Dortmund |
| 1975-1982 | Course of studies in meteorology at the University Bonn |
| 1982-1987 | Conferral of doctorate in natural sciences at the Meteorological Institute in Bonn |
| 1987-1990 | Scientific employee at the Meteorological Institute in Bonn |
| 1991-1992 | Family leave 10 months |
| 1995 | Habilitation at the Math.-Nat. faculty of the University Bonn |
| 1995-2001 | Chief assistent and university lecturer resp. at the University Bonn |
| 1998-2000 | Deputizing the C3-professorial chair "Theoretic Meteorology" at the Meteorological Institute in Bonn |
| 2001 | Nomination as associated professor at the University Bonn |
| 2002-2005 | Scientific employee at the Institute for Geophysics und Meteorology University of Cologne |
2005-2006
| Deputizing of a W2-professorial chair ath the Institute for Geophysics und Meteorology University of Cologne |
| since 2006 | W2-University professorial chair at the Dept. of Environmental Meteorology of the University of Trier |
