Uniqueness theorems for variational problems by the method of transformation groups. Lecture Notes in Mathematics; 1841.

Studies:
October 1987 -- January 1994 Diplom studies in mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe
October 1991 -- October 1992 Master of Science in nonlinear mathematics, University of Bath (U.K.)

Phd: January 1996 University of Karlsruhe

Habilitation: October 2001 University of Basel

Positions held:
March 1994 -- June 1998 Scientific collaborator, Math. Institute, Univ. of Karlsruhe
October 1998 -- September 2002 Assistant, Math. Institute, University of Basel
Sommersemester 2000: Lecturer at the Univ. of Zurich
Wintersemester 2002/2003: Substitute professor at the Univ. of Giessen
Since April 2003: Substitute professor at the Univ. of Basel

Stays at other institutions:
October 1996 -- September 1998: postdoc at the Univ. of  Minnesota (USA) and Univ. of Cologne with DFG-grant
March,July, August 1999: visitor at the Univ. of Cardiff  (U.K) with EPSRC-grant

Awards: April 1997: "Klaus-Tschira Price for comprehensible science" awarded for the doctoral thesis by the Univ. of Karlsruhe