Physics diploma in superconducting magnetic field sensors in 1995 and Ph.D in 1998 using SQUID in Eddy Current Testing. Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Giessen, and 2007 head of the former NDT division 8.4, BAM Berlin focusing acoustic, electromagnetic and thermal testing methods. Since 2014 full professor and chair for Nondestructive Testing at the University of Stuttgart, Germany with research in the field of production and quality assurance of plastics and composites. Heading the Institute of Plastic Technology (IKT) and chairing many NDT-related advisory boards and technical committee. Author and co-author of more than 300 publications and currently spending a half-year sabbatical at the CEA-NDT department in Paris, France.