He received his PhD in physics at the University of Stuttgart in Germany where he gained a deep background in relaxation spectroscopy and analysis of molecular dynamics from his work in 1H relaxation spectroscopy on membrane systems and liquid crystals while working on his Ph.D. thesis. He also has deep knowledge on the inner workings of a spectrometer which he gained during that time, while working on home built NMR field cycling spectrometers. After a 2 year work at UCSD as post doctoral researcher, he was hired by Bruker for setting new standards for repair, maintenance and field work on NMR spectrometers. After a year in the service position he accepted a position as application scientists in solid state NMR at Bruker headquarters in 2000. This led him into solid state NMR spectroscopy in particular on biological systems. He oversaw and guided the development of Bruker’s meanwhile famous triple resonance single coil and double coil HCN probes, leading Bruker to regain technological leadership in the field of structural biology and solid state NMR. He has coauthored 36 papers and presented at many scientific conferences and began chairing solid state NMR sessions at the SMASH conference. He accepted a call for adjunct associate professor at the CDD at NEU late 2009. Recently he started a collaboration with the Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions aimed at the development of MAS NMR and DNP methods for structure and dynamics characterization of HIV-1 virus assemblies.