Career
| Born on 12 September 1959 in Leer, East Frisia | |
| School education | |
| 1966–1969 | Hoheellernschule Leer (primary school) |
| 1969–1978 | Ubbo-Emmius Grammar School, Leer |
| 1978 | A-levels |
| Vocational training | |
| 1978–1980 | Training as a bank clerk at Deutsche Bank AG, Leer branch |
| 1980 | Examination set by the Emden Chamber of Industry and Commerce |
| University studies | |
| 1980–1982 | Studied law at the University of Regensburg |
| 1982 | Admitted to the German National Academic Foundation |
| 1982–1983 | Studied law at the University of Geneva as a DAAD scholarship holder |
| 1983–1986 | Studied law at the University of Regensburg |
| 1985 | Student assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr Udo Steiner, University of Regensburg |
| Jan. 1986 | First State Examination in Law |
| Preparatory service | |
| 1986–1989 | Trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, elective placement at the Bavarian Higher Administrative Court in Munich |
| March 1989 | Second State Examination in Law |
| Work as a legal assistant | |
| 1989–1993 | Research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr Udo Steiner, University of Regensburg |
| 1990 | Awarded a Dr. iur. |
| 1993 | Representative of the research staff on the Faculty Council |
| 1993 | Habilitation |
| 1993 | Awarded the venia legendi for the subjects of constitutional, administrative and social law |
| Academic activity | |
| Winter semester 1993/94 | Acting Professor of Public Law at the University of Münster |
| 1 April 1994 | Appointed as a university professor at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, where he took up the Chair of Public Law, specialising in financial and tax law |
| 1994–1996 | Member of the Faculty Council |
| Since 1994 | Member of various appointment committees |
| 1994–1996 | Member of the Senate Committee for Research Affairs |
| 1994–1996 | Member of the Business Administration Structural Committee |
| Winter term 1995/96 and summer term 1996 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty |
| 1 May 1997 | Appointed to the Chair of Public Law, specialising in German and European Administrative Law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg |
| since October 1997 | Member of the Faculty Council |
| 1 April 1999–30 September 2000 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty |
| 1 October 2000–30 September 2002 | Dean of the Faculty |
| since 2002 | Member of the ‘Law of the Information Society’ Research Centre |
| 1 October 2004–30 September 2007 | Member of the Senate of the University of Regensburg |
| since 2010 | Member of the “Property and Capital Markets” research network |
| since October 2011 | Member of the Institute for Real Estate Economics |
| since Oct. 2012 | Member of the Commission for the Investigation of Allegations of Research Misconduct |
| Judicial service | |
| 1 February 1996–30 April 1997 | Permanent judge at the Higher Administrative Court, holding a second main post at the Higher Administrative Court in Greifswald |
| Honorary positions | |
| 1996–1997 | Deputy Chair of the Vorpommern Law Students’ Society |
| 1996 | Member of a commission on the simplification of building regulations at the Ministry of Construction, Regional Development and the Environment, Schwerin |
| 1997–2001 | Chairman of the Arbitration Board for the Setting of Hospital Care Rates in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| 1997–2001 | Deputy Chair of the arbitration board pursuant to Section 114 of Book V of the Social Code (SGB V) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| 1997–2000 | Chairman of the Arbitration Board for the Determination of Remuneration for Doctors in the Statutory Health Insurance Scheme in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| 1 June 2000–30 September 2004 | Chairman of the Arbitration Board for the Determination of Hospital Care Rates in Hamburg |
| March 2002–December 2013 | Chairman of the Arbitration Board for the Determination of Hospital Care Rates in Berlin |
| Honours | |
| 1990 | Awarded the Prize for the Promotion of the Arts by the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis |
| 1990 | Awarded the Energy Supply East Bavaria Cultural Promotion Prize |
| May 2011 | Awarded the Medal of the University of Wrocław (Breslau) on the occasion of its 65th anniversary in recognition of outstanding services in promoting cooperation between the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg and the Faculty of Law, Public Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław |
| September 2020 | Award from the School of German Law (Faculty of Law/Faculty of Law at Moscow State Lomonosov University) for outstanding contributions to academic and educational cooperation between Germany and Russia as part of the German-Russian Year of University Cooperation and Science by the Federal Foreign Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. |
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Honours
| 1990 | Awarded the Thurn and Taxis Princely House Encouragement Prize |
| 1990 | Awarded the Culture Promotion Prize by Energieversorgung Ostbayern |
| May 2011 | Awarded the Medal of the University of Wrocław (Breslau) on the occasion of its 65th anniversary for outstanding services in promoting cooperation between the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg and the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław |
| September 2020 | Award from the School of German Law (Faculty of Law/Faculty of Law at Moscow State Lomonosov University) for outstanding contributions to academic and educational cooperation between Germany and Russia as part of the German-Russian Year of University Cooperation and Science, presented by the Federal Foreign Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. |
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