He obtained his diploma degree in the group of Werner Tochtermann, and continued his research in this group with a PhD thesis on the synthesis of macrocyclic musks, for which he was awarded the prize of the science faculty.
He obtained his diploma degree on the synthesis of a molecular-modeled odorant in the group of Werner Tochtermann, a pupil of Georg Wittig. He continued his research in this group with a PhD thesis on the synthesis of macrocyclic musks, for which he was awarded the prize of the science faculty.