Curriculum Vitae

Undergraduate studies in Tibetology, Indology and Ethnology in Hamburg
Master's degree and doctorate in Hamburg
1988-1993 Resident Representative of the Nepal Research Center and Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project in Kathmandu (Nepal)
1993-1998 Research assistant at the DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm "State Formation and Settlement Processes in the Tibetan Himalayas
Habilitation in Hamburg
Since 1998: Research Fellow at the Lumbini International Research Institute in Lumbini (Nepal)
Visiting Professorships: University of Vienna, Institute of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (2000), Harvard University, Tibetan and Himalayan Studies (2001)
Since 2003: Professor for Tibetology and Buddhism Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich