| 1935 | Born in Kiel; father teacher of chemistry, mathematics and physics. |
| 1935 - 1955 | School in Kiel. |
| 1956 - 1958 | University study of physics in Kiel. |
| 1959 - 1965 | Research assistant at the University of Maryland, USA. |
| 1959 | Master of Science with a thesis "Short Time Variations in the Primary Cosmic Ray Intensity". |
| 1959 - 1964 | Research in plasma physics. Consultant to several companies at the east coast. Patent for a vacuum UV detector for US satellites (Westinghouse). |
| 1965 | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics with a thesis "Oscillator Strength of the Resonance Line of HeI". |
| 1966 | Assistant at the University of Kiel. Research in plasma spectroscopy. |
| 1967 | Professor of Physics in Kiel. |
| 1972 | Additional field of work: teacher training. |
| 1984 | New field of work: Using computers in teaching physics. Developing teaching concepts, software and harware. |
| 1986 | Annual Medal of the Finnish Association of Physics Teachers. |
| 1988 | Faculty medal of the Charles University in Praha. |
| 1990 - 1993 | TEMPUS project with the University of Amsterdam and the Charles University of Praha, the University of Bucharest and the Polish Universities of Poznan, Torun, Warsaw, Gdansk and Katowice. |
| 1992 | Project with the University of Adana, Turkey with financial support from the German GTZ. |
| 1992 - 1995 | Cooperation with the University of Irkutsk, Russia, with financial support of the German Foreign Ministry. |
| 1994 - 1997 | Project with the University of Bucharest financed by the Volkswagen Foundation. |
| 1997 | Annual Excellence inTeaching Award of Schleswig-Holstein |
| 1998 | Retirement. Since then development and application of micro controllers. |
| 2001 | Doctor honoris causa of the University of Bucharest. |