Education, Academic Titles and Honors

1985 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bonn. Advisor: D. Zagier. Subject: Jacobi forms and modular forms of half-integral weight. Price awarded by the University of Bonn for Extraordinary Ph.D. Thesis.
1993 Appointment to Full Professor in Mathematics at the University of Bordeaux, France.
1999 Promotion to Professeur première classe in France.
2000 Appointment to Full Professor at the University of Siegen, Germany.
2008 Appointment to Member of the Forschungsinstitut für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften at the University of Siegen

Professional Positions

1979 - 82 Teaching assistant, University of Bonn.
1982 - 85 Scientific assistant, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn.
1986 Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
1986 - 92 Assistant professor, associated to the chair of F. Hirzebruch, University of Bonn.
1993 Research associate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn
1993 - 2000 University Professor (professeur titulaire des universités), University of Bordeaux.
since 2000 University Professor at the University of Siegen, holding the chair for Algebra and Number Theory

Academic Administration

2002 - 2003 Dean of the Fachbereich Mathematik of the University of Siegen
since 2001 Member of the Fachbereichsrat Mathematik at the University of Siegen
since 2003 Chairman of the commission for budget of the Fachbereich Mathematik, University Siegen
since 2008 Member of the commission "für Information und Medien" of the University of Siegen
since 2008 Member of the Senat of the University of Siegen

Organization of Recent Conferences

Sep. 2001 Intl. Conference on Jacobi Forms and Applications (CIRM, Luminy).
Jan. 2004 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
Jan. 2005 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
Jan. 2006 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
May 2007 Int. Conference on Jacobi Forms and Applications (CIRM, Luminy)
June 2007 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
Aug. 2007 L-functions and modular forms (American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California)
June 2008 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
Sep. 2009 Workshop on Automorphic Forms (University of Siegen)
Dec. 2009 International Workshop on Modular Forms (Chennai),
August 2010 International Workshop on Modular Forms (Chennai), as satellite conference to the International Conference of Mathematics in Hyderabad