1975 – 1980 Graduate Studies in Chemistry, ETH Zürich
1980 - 1984 Ph.D. Thesis, Institute of Technical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, with Prof. P. Rys. Effects of Diffusional Boundary Layers on the Diffusion of Dye Molecules through Cellulose Membranes.
1985 - 1986 Post-Doc with Prof. H. Hoffmann at the University of Bayreuth (physical chemistry of surfactants)
1986 – 1987 Research assistant, ETH Zürich
1987 – 1988 Post-Doc with Prof. L. Magid, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (physical chemistry of surfactants)
1988 – 1993 Research assistant, Prof. P. Rys, ETH Zürich (application of spiropyran compounds in micelles and cellulose membranes)
1993 – 2006 Prof. for Physical Chemistry, Division of Chemistry at the Berner Fachhochschule, Burgdorf.
1999 – 2006 Head of the Division of Chemistry at the Berner Fachhochschule, Burgdorf.
Since 2006 Dozentin at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern.