• 1942:   Born in Thörigen, Switzerland
  • 1966:   Liz. phil. nat., chemist, University of Bern
  • 1969:   Dr. phil. nat., chemist, University of Bern
  • 1970-1972:   Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
  • 1972-1974:   Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 1975:   Habilitation, University of Bern
  • since 1978:   Professor of Chemistry, University of Bern
  • 1982:   Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen
  • 1983-1984:   Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
  • 1992-1993:   Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Hughes Research Laboratories
  • 2002:   Visiting Scientist, Australian National University
  • 2007-2015:   Integrity Officer of the University of Bern

Membership in committees (restricted selection):

  • 1990-2002:   Member and vice president of the Science and Engineering Division in the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation
  • 1991:   Founding chairman of the Swiss Neutron Scattering Society
  • 1990-1994:   Scientific Council, Institut Laue Langevin
  • since 2000:   Scientific Council, Institut Laue Langevin
  • since 2002:   Research Committee, University of Bern

Membership in associations:

  • Optical Society of America
  • European Photochemistry Association
  • Swiss Physical Society
  • Swiss Chemical Society
  • Swiss Society for Neutron Scattering