| 1989 - 1991 | Study of Medicine in Essen (Germany) |
| 1991 - 1997 | Study of Medical Informatics at the University of Heidelberg/University of Applied Sciences Heilbronn |
| 1995/96 | International Semester at the Laboratoire d'Intelligence Artificielle (LIA) of the University of Savoie, Chambéry, France |
| 1997 - 2001 | Research assistant at the Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics at the University of Heidelberg |
| Mai 2000 | Ph.D. in Medical Informatics from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Heidelberg |
| Since Oct 1st 2001 | Assistant Professor and Head of Research Group at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Innsbruck, Austria |
| Since Nov 1st 2004 | Acting Director of the Institute for Health Information Systems at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tyrol, Austria |
| March 10th, 2005 | Professor for Medical Informatics für das Fach Medizinische Informatik at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tyrol, Austria |