1984 – 2017 | • Scientific coworker at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart
• Permanent position as researcher within the Max-Planck-Society since 1989
o Research in the area of inorganic solid state chemistry
o Administrative tasks, leader of the library commission , president of the scientific Journal-Club, coordinator of the common seminar together with the University of Stuttgart" (1991-1995)
o Teaching at the university of Stuttgart (1990-2017)
• Research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1993 Habilitation at the University of Stuttgart on „Novel reduced oxides and fluorides – syntheses, structures and properties“
• 1994 Awarded the Venia Legendi for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.
• 2001 Guest scientist at the Stockholm University, Sweden
• 2003 Guest scientist at the NC State University, Raleigh, USA
• 2006 Honorary professor at the University of Stuttgart
• 2015 Honorary life time member of the Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists
• 2017 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hundred Talents Program of Fujian province
• 2017 Jiaxi Lu Overseas Guest Professor in Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences |