| 1957-1962 | Lizentiat in chemistry, physics and mathematics, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 1962-1964 | Ph.D. in chemistry (Prof. S. Fallab); Eidgenössisches Turn- und Sportlehrerdiplom, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1964-1965 | Postdoctoral training (Prof. S. Fallab), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1965-1967 | Postdoctoral training (Prof. R.E. Connick), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 1967-1969 | Member Technical Staff, Biophysics Department (Dr. R.G. Shulman), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., USA |
| 1969 | Privatdozent (1970), Assistant Professor (1972), Associate Professor (1976), Professor of Biophysics (1980); Chairman Biology Department (1995 2000), ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2001-2004 | Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Visiting Professor of Structural Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| since 2004 | Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Structural Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Clinical Internship & Residency (Arzt im Praktikum & Assistenzarzt) in Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin |
| | Clinical training in general oncology, hematology and hemostaseology, high-dose chemotherapy, stem-cell transplantation and intensive care medicine |
| 2005-2008 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory of Scott W. Lowe, PhD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York |
| | Development of genetically engineered leukemia mouse models; studies on mechanisms in leukemogenesis and drug resistance; RNAi technology (new vector systems, RNAi Sensor assay, in-vivo RNAi screening, custom shRNA libraries) |
| 2009-2010 | Clinical Research Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York |
| | In-vivo RNAi studies in leukemia mouse models and transgenic RNAi models. Multiplexed negative-selection RNAi screening, RNAi-based in-vivo validation of candidate therapeutic targets. Chromatin regulators in leukemia maintenance |
| since 2011 | Research Group Leader, IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna |
| 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 |
