| 1973 | MA in Physics, University of Vienna |
| 1977 | Ph.D. in Physics, King's College, Cambridge University |
| 1978-1984 | Co-founder (later Chairman); Lead, Research and Development team (BBC micro); Head, team ARM micro processor; Acorn Computers, Cambridge |
| 1986 | Vice President Research, Olivetti, Ivrea, Italy |
| Founder Director, Harlequin, Cambridge |
| 1987 | Helped with formation, a joint venture between Acorn and Apple Computers, ARM Ltd, Cambridge |
| 1988 | Founder, Active Book Company, Cambridge |
| 1991 | Co-Chairman and Chief Technology Officer - acquired Active Book Company, EO Incorporated, Mountain View, California |
| 1992 | Founder Director, Vocalis, Cambridge |
| 1993 | Founder and Chairman, Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd, Cambridge (changed name to Virata Corporation and merged with Globespan in 2003 and Conexant in 2004) |
| Founder Director, joint venture with E*Trade US. Sold to E*Trade US in 2000, Electronic Share Information Ltd, Cambridge |
| Founder Director - Acquired by CDT, Advanced Displays Ltd, Cambridge |
| Founder Director, SynGenix, Cambridge |
| 1996 | Founder, NetChannel, San Francisco, California (sold to AOL in 1998) |
| since 1997 | Co-founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners Limited |
| 1998 | Co-founder, Cambridge Network Ltd, Cambridge |
| 1973 | Diploma Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 1976 | Ph.D., Biophysics, University of Konstanz |
| 1976-1977 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz |
| 1977-1980 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ulm |
| 1980-1981 | Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA |
| 1981 | Visiting Scientist, Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble |
| 1981-1986 | Assistant Professor, Technical University of Munich |
| 1985 | Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San José, CA |
| 1986 | Postdoctoral Degree: "Habilitation" - Physics, Technical University of Munich |
| 1986-1991 | Young Investigator/Associate Professor, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz |
| 1988 | Visiting Scientist, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ |
| 1990 | Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Chem. & Nuc. Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1990-1991 | Visiting Professor, University of Erlangen |
| 1991-1999 | Head of Laboratory, Exotic Nano-Materials, Frontier Research Program, RIKEN-Institute, Japan |
| since 1992 | Consulting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1993-2008 | Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz |
| since 1998 | Professor (by Courtesy) Chemistry Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| since 1999 | Adjunct Professor, Hanyang University, Korea |
| 1999-2003 | Temasek Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 2004-2013 | Visiting Principal Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore |
| since 2008 | Scientific Managing Director, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna |
| since 2009 | Honorary Professor, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna |
| Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 1970-1976 | Studium der Physik, Technische Universität Hannover; Ecole Polytechnique, Paris |
| 1976-1981 | Hauptdiplom Physik, Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Hannover |
| 1979 | Promotion, Dr. rer. nat., Universität Hannover |
| 1982 | Post-Doktorand, IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose (USA) |
| 1984 | Habilitation, Universität Hannover |
| 1983-1985 | Hochschulassistent (C1), Universität Hannover |
| 1985-1986 | Heisenberg-Stipendiat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 1986-1990 | Assistenzprofessor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich |
| 1990-2000 | Ordentlicher Professor (C4), Experimentalphysik, Universität Konstanz |
| 1996-2001 | Vizepräsident, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 2000-2005 | Präsident, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2005-2015 | Präsident, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren |
| seit 2015 | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH, Berlin |
| seit 2019 | Vorsitzender, Scientific Advisory Board, Europäisches Quantum Flagship |
