Born in Heidelberg,  April 2, 1950
    Diplom in Mathematics and Physics, ETH Zürich, 1974
    Ph.D. in Mathematics, ETH Zürich, 1977
    Habilitation in Mathematics, Universität Heidelberg, 1985
    Heisenberg-scholar 1985 -1990
    Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, member, 1985 - 1987
    Professor of Mathematics, Lille, 1990
    Max Planck I for Mathematics, Bonn, 1994 - 1995 
    Mercator-Gastprofessur (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) 
    Institute for theoretical physics, Leipzig University, 2005  - 2006