Curriculum Vitae:

Education:

1987-1993

Studies of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Augsburg

1990-1991

Studies of Economics at Wayne State University in Detroit as a DAAD scholar

1991

Master of Arts (M.A.)

1993

Diploma in Economics and Business Administration at the University of Augsburg

1993-1996

Doctoral studies at the University of Cologne

1996

Doctoral degree

1999-2003

Research Assistant at the Chair of Auditing and Accounting of Professor K.-U. Marten at the Universities of Wuppertal and Ulm

12/2003

Habilitation at the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics at the University of Ulm

2004-2005

Chair of Accounting and Auditing at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Seit 2005

Chair of Accounting and Auditing at the Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen

Practical Experience:

1993-1997

Research Assistant at the ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich                                                                           

1997-1998

Management Consultant