born 1954, married, 3 children

1976

Studied Law and Social Sciences in Berlin and Hanover

1982

Assessor exam

1987

Doctorate

1994

Habilitation with authorisation to teach in the subjects "Civil Law, Commercial and Labour Law, Legal Informatics"

1982-1987

Research assistant at the University of Hanover

1987-1995

University Assistant, Institute for Legal Informatics, University of Hanover

1991-1993

Substitute professorship, University of Lüneburg

1994-1996

Interim professorships in Hanover, Frankfurt/O., Greifswald, Hanover

1997-2020

Professor of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law and Legal Informatics at the Department of Economics and Law at the University of Oldenburg; 31 March 2020 Retirement from the university

2002

Offered the endowed professorship for eCommerce Law at the University of Koblenz-Landau (declined)

2010-2020

Academy Director of VWA Oldenburg e.V., visiting professor at the University of Transylvania (Brasov/Romania) and at the University of Babes-Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca/Romania)