1983

Habilitation, thesis: Zur Dynamik von Gleichgewichts- und Nichtgleichgewichtsphasenübergängen erster Ordnung (published as Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 207, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 1984)

1979

PhD (Dr. phil. nat.), thesis (supervisor Prof. H. Haug): Zur Theorie der Elektron-Loch-Tropfennukleation in stark angeregten Halbleitern

1977

MS (diploma),thesis (supervisor Prof. H. Haug):Zur Theorie der stimulierten Emission in dichten Exzitonensystemen

2001 - 2006

Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Research Center "Optodynamics"

1995 - 2001

Speaker of the Sonderforschungsbereich 383 "Disorder in Solids on Mesoscopic Scales"

since Nov. 1993

Professor, Department of Physics, University of Marburg Adjunct Professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

1986 - 1993

Professor, (until 1989 Associate Professor then Full Professor) Physics Department and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

1985 - 1986

Heisenberg-Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), University of Frankfurt

1984

Fellow of the Thyssen Foundation, Cologne

1981 - 1982, 1983

Visiting Scientist at IBM Research Lab., San Jose, CA, USA

1977 - 1984

Research Assistant, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Frankfurt

• condensed matter theory
• optical and electronic properties of semiconductors
• many-body interactions
• semiconductor quantum optics

• quantum confinement in solids
• coherent and ultrafast phenomena
• semiconductor laser theory
• microcavity and photonic crystal effects

since 2007

Member Editorial Board "Laser and Photonics Reviews"

1998-2004

Topical Editor "European Physical Journal"

1997 - 2000

Divisional Associate Editor "Physial Review Letters"

1997

Topical Editor "Zeitschrift für Physik"

2008

Appraisal as "outstanding referee" by the APS

2006

Prize for the Advancement of Women in Science (Frauenförderpreis), Philipps-Universität Marburg

1999

Max-Planck Research Prize of the A. v. Humboldt Foundation and the Max-Planck Society

1997

Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

1993

Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)

1985

Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

1984

Fritz Thyssen Fellowship for highly gifted young scientists

1976

Student fellowship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes