• 1990-2001 deputy head in an engineering firm (geophysics)
• Since 2001 Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), now head of division 8.2 “NDT methods for civil engineering”
• Since 2012 Lecturer (Privatdozent) at RWTH Aachen University
• Guest Researcher/Professor in USA, Australia, Slovenia, Finland and Scotland
• Associate Editor of “Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation” (Springer Nature)
• (Co-)Organizer of various workshops and conferences (e. g. NDT-CE Symposium 2015, 2018, 2022, EWSHM 2024)
• (Co-)Author of NDT and monitoring guidelines and standards (DGZfP, ASTM, DIN)