born in 1961 | grown up in Düsseldorf and Erkrath |
universtiy career and working experience | |
1982-84 | student of economics, Universität Bielefeld |
1984-85 | student of economics, New York University |
1985-89 | student of economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
1986 | internship at the Rheinisch Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen |
1989 | graduation (Diplom Volkswirt) |
1989-94 | research assistant of Volker Böhm, Universität Mannheim |
1994-95 | research assistant of Heinz König, Universität Mannheim |
1995 | graduation (Dr. rer.pol.) |
1995-2001 | assistant professor (C1) at the chair of Gerhard Illing, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main |
2001 | Habilitation (venia legendi in economics) |
2001 | visiting scholar at London School of Economics, supported by the TMR network "Financial Market Efficiency and Economic Efficiency" |
2001-2005 | associate professor (C2) at the Institute for Macroeconomics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
2003-2004 | guest professor for economic theory (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main |
2005 | guest professor for macroeconomics and economic policy (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Universität Mannheim |
2005-2006 | guest professor for public economics (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
since 2006 | Chair of Macroeconomics, Technische Universität Berlin |
scholarships and awards | |
1984-88 | Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
1984-85 | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) |
1995 | Lehrpreis des Landes Baden-Württemberg |