EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1995 Doctorate in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München 1992-1995 Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching (Prof. T.W. Hänsch) 1990-1991 Guest Scientist, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel de l′Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (Prof. S. Haroche) 1990 Diplom in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University München 1987-1988 Trainee, Research Centers of Siemens, Erlangen, and Asea Brown Boveri, Baden near Zürich 1984-1990 Study of physics and philosophy, University of Bonn and University of München 2013-present Professor at the Division of Quantum Physics and Quantum Information of the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei and Shanghai, China 2010-present Founding Director, Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics 2008-present Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg 2003-2008 Full Professor (Chair) for Experimental Physics at the Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg 2004-2006 Guest professor, Optics and Photonics Center of the University 2001-2002 Guest professor, University of Innsbruck 2000-2003 Research Group Leader "Laser Cooling Group", Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg 2000 Habilitation in Physics at the Ruprecht-Karl University Heidelberg 1997-2000 Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Prof. D. Schwalm/R. Grimm) 1995-1997 Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellow, University of Amsterdam and FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Prof. J.T.M. Walraven)