Curriculum Vitae
| Year | Academic appointments and education |
| 2011 to present | Professor of East Asian Religion and Philosophy at the LMU Japan Center, Department of Asian Studies, Munich |
| 2005 - 2011 | Teaching and Research Fellow, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Zurich |
| 2000 - 2005 | Teaching and Research Assistant, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Zurich |
| 1999 | Dr. phil., thesis on the Chinese reception and reproduction of Indian exegesis in Buddhist commentaries, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |
| 1993 - 1998 | Teaching Assistant (until 1996), Lecturer, Language Training Center, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |
| 1994 | M. A., thesis on late Ming period popular ethics and notions of destiny as described in a lay Buddhist scripture on morality, Albert Ludwig University of Freibrug |
| 1991 - 1992 | Scholarship awarded by the Department of Education of the Republic of China, Taiwan Normal University, Taipeh |
| 1990 - 1991 | Scholarship awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service, Taiwan Normal University, Taipeh |
| 1988 - 1990 | Chinese studies (major), Indology and musicology (minors), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |