Curriculum vitae
| 1964 | Born in Düsseldorf |
| 1984-1990 | Law studies at the Universities of Bonn and Geneva; comparative law courses at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé (Strasbourg, Coimbra) and the London School of Economics |
| 1990 | First state exam in law at the Appeals Court Düsseldorf, afterwards military service |
| 1991-1992 | Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA, U.S.A. |
| 1992-1993 | Research assistant at the Institute for Criminal Law at Bonn University (Prof. Dr. Hans-Ullrich Paeffgen) |
| 1993-1995 | Research assistant at the Institute for Philosophy of Law in Bonn (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Günther Jakobs) |
| 1995-1997 | Clerkships at the Regional Court Bonn, Appeals Court Cologne and the Federal Constitutional Court |
| 1997 | Doctor iuris (thesis: "Untersuchungen zur Unschuldsvermutung"/"Inquiries into the Presumption of Innocence"), Bonn University |
| 1997 | Second state exam in law, Düsseldorf |
| 1997-2007 | Scientific assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Paeffgen |
| 2001-2003 | Research scholarship of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| 2006 | Habilitation (thesis: "Vorstudien zu Vorsatz und Irrtum im Völkerstrafrecht -- Versuch einer Elementarlehre für eine übernationale Vorsatzdogmatik"/"Intent and Error in International Criminal Law -- Foundations of a Transnational Doctrine of Intent"), Bonn University; venia legendi for criminal law, criminal procedure, international criminal law, comparative criminal law, criminal law history and philosophy of law |
| 2005-2008 | Interim professorships at the Universities of Marburg, Dresden, Münster and Greifswald |
| 2008-2011 | Professor (tenure), Chair for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, European, International and Comparative Criminal Law at Saarland University, Saarbrücken |
| since October 2011 | Chair for German and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Law History at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
| 2013-2022 | Ombudsman for Good Scientific Practice of Bonn University |