| 2007-2011 | Study program Nutritional Science and Home Economics at Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany |
| 2010 | Intern at AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety), Inssbruck |
| 2011 | Intern at FOEME (Friends of the Earth Middle East), Al Auja |
| 2011-2013 | Study program Agrobiology at BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and |
| | Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Tulln |
| since 2013 | Doctoral study program at BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| | Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Tulln |
| | Bachelors, Economics |
| | Master of Business Administration |
| | Honorary Masters, Ecodesign, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design, Politecnico di Torino |
| | Doctor honoris causa, Management and Economic Development, University of Pécs |
| | Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Torino and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey |
| | Chair, Nobel Laureates in Science Conference, organised by Elie Wiesel (Jordan) |
| | Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA |
| since 1981 | created 12 companies, 2 failed |
| 1991-1993 | relaunched a small detergent company |
| since 1994 | Leader, ZERI network of scientists and scholars |
| since 2009 | Supporting Blue Economy Projects |
| since 2013 | Chairman, Board of Novamont |
| 1982-1988 | Studies Biology, University Bayreuth |
| 1988-1991 | Ph.D., University Bayreuth |
| 1991-2001 | Group Leader, Institute for Botany, University Heidelberg |
| 2001 | Habilitation, Botany, University Heidelberg |
| since 2001 | Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 2001-2011 | Director, ICG - Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere, ICG-4: Phytosphere |
| since 2011 | Director, IBG - Institute for Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences |
| 2004-2011 | Member, Executive Board, EPSO - European Plant Science Organization |
| 2006-2008 | Research Director, Research Area Earth and Environment, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| since 2006 | Member, Executive Board, European Technology Platform Plants for the Future |
| 2006 | Founder, JPPC - Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center |
| 2007-2012 | Member, Steering Committee, European Technology Platform Biofuels |
| since 2007 | Member, Directorate, KoGa - Competence Center for Horticulture |
| 2008-2011 | Vice President, EPSO - European Plant Science Organization |
| since 2009 | Spokesman, IPPN - International Plant Phenotyping Network |
| since 2010 | Chairman, BioSC - Bioeconomy Science Centers |
| since 2011 | Coordinator, Cross-Program Activity Sustainable Bioeconomy, Helmholtz Association |
| since 2012 | Coordinator, EPPN - European Plant Phenotyping Network |
| German Head, LABEX Germany of EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agro Research Organization) |
| Member, Science Advisory Board, German Association for the Support of Private German Plant Breeding |
| Chief Executive Officer, QS Science Fund - Fruits, Vegetables and Potato |
| Member, CEPLAS - Center of Excellence in Plant Sciences |
| Coordinator, DPPN - German Plant Phenotyping Network |
| since 2013 | Senior Official, EU-CELAC - workgroup Bioeconomy in the cooperation process between Latin America and Europe, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Programme Speaker, Helmholtz Programme Key Technologies for the Bioeconomy |
| 2014-2018 | Chairman of the European Technology Platform Plants for the Future |
| since 2015 | Chairman of the International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN) |
| since 2016 | Chairman of the ESFRI-project EMPHASIS: European Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure |
| since 2019 | Member of the Excellence Cluster CEPLAS (Plant Sciences) and member of the steering committee |
| Member of the Excellence Cluster PhenoRob (Robotics for Phenotyping and Digital Agriculture) and member of the board of PhenoRob |
| 1975 | Dipl. Ing. Agriculture, University of Bonn |
| 1975-1980 | Research Associate, Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen |
| 1978 | Doctoral Degree, Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen |
| 1979-1980 | Visiting Fellow, Institute of National Planning, Cairo |
| 1981-1982 | Research Fellow, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1982-1983 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 1984-1990 | Research Fellow, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1990-1993 | Director, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1993-1997 | Professor, Food Economics, Food Policy, and World Food Issues; and Director, Institute for Food Economics and Consumer Analyses, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kiel |
| 1997-2002 | Director; Chair of Department and Professor, Economics and Technical Change, ZEF - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn |
| 2002-2009 | Director General, IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| since 2009 | Director; Chair of Department and Professor, Economics and Technical Change, ZEF - Center for Development Research, University of Bonn |
| 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 |
