Career
| 8 February 1971 | Born in Hamburg |
| 1977–1981 | Attended primary school in Hamburg-Bergedorf |
| 1981–1987 | Attended secondary school in Hamburg-Bergedorf |
| from July 1987 | Attended grammar school in Cologne |
| 1 June 1990 | A-levels |
| 1990/91 | German Navy (military service) |
| 1991/91 | Studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University (one semester) |
| Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation (until the First State Examination in Law) | |
| 1992–1994 | Studied law in Bonn |
| from 1994 | Studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 26 January 1996 | First state law examination |
| 1–30 April 1996 | Research assistant at the Institute for Criminology and Economic Criminal Law (Prof. Tiedemann) |
| From 1 May 1996 | Research assistant at this institute |
| 1997/98 | Research visit to Paris |
| from 1 October 1998 | Trainee lawyer in Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 9–10 February 1999 | Oral doctoral examination and award of a doctorate by the Faculty of Law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau (thesis on ‘Criminal law relating to fraud in France and Germany’) |
| 25 October 2000 | Second State Examination in Law |
| 22 July 2004 | Habilitation by the Faculty of Law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau; qualification to teach criminal law, criminal procedure and comparative criminal law (Habilitation thesis on “The general doctrine of crime and the doctrine of error de lege lata and de lege ferenda”; habilitation lecture on “The burden of proof in criminal proceedings”) |
| Winter semester 2004/05 | Acting holder of a W-3 professorship in Criminal Law at Leibniz University Hannover |
| February 2005 | Appointment to a W-3 professorship (chair) in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and European Criminal Law at the University of Regensburg |
| Winter semester 2005/06 | Acting Chair at Regensburg University |
| since 1 April 2006 | Holder of the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Commercial Criminal Law and European Criminal Law at the University of Regensburg |
| 23 October 2010 to 10 November 2012 | Chair of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg |
| Winter Term 2011/12 to Summer Term 2013 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law |
| 1 June 2013 to 28 February 2019 | Judge at the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court |
| Winter semester 2013/14 to summer semester 2015 | Dean of the Faculty of Law |
| 2014–2018 | Deputy Member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court |
| 1 March 2019 to 2023 | Judge at the Bavarian Higher Regional Court |
Memberships
Member of the Association Internationale de Droit Pénal (AIDP) (www.penal.org (external link, opens in a new window))
Member of the Board of the Language and Law Foundation and of the working group of the same name at the University of Regensburg (www-spracheundrecht.uni-regensburg.de (external link, opens in a new window))