1974 - 1980
Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics

1980
Diploma (approx. MSc) in "Dynamics and Strength of Machines (Diploma Thesis: Stability of a Three-layered Strip, Final Grade: With Distinction)

1980 - 1995
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg: Assistant, Senior Assistant

1983
Leningrad Polytechnic Institute: Candidate of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing., approx. PhD) - A Timoshenko-type Theory for Inhomogeneous in the Thickness Direction Elastic Shells (Supervisor Prof. Dr. V.A. Pal'mov)

1984
Facultas docendi in "Engineering Mechanics" at the Magdeburg University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

1987
Leningrad Polytechnic Institute: Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.sc.techn., Habilitation) - The Direct Approach in the Theory of Viscoelastic Shells

1992
Krupp-Award (Visiting Scientist at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Civil Engineering)

1993
Privatdocent (approx. Lecturer) at the University of Magdeburg

1995
Appointment at the Lausanne Polytechnic (Switzerland) - Professorship in Structural Mechanics

1995
Außerplanmäßiger Professor at the University of Magdeburg

1995
Appointment at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg - Professorship in Engineering Mechanics

1991 - 1996
Visiting Professor at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine, 1991, 1996), at the University of Technology Bratislava (1993, Slovakia) and at the University of Technology Riga (1995, Latvia)

1996 - 2011
Full Professor (C4) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

1997 - 1998
Acting Director of the Institute of Materials Science at the University Halle-Wittenberg

1998 - 2000
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at the University Halle-Wittenberg

2000 - 2006
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences

2006 - 2011
Acting Director of the Centre of Engineering Sciences (Faculty status)

2003
Gold Medal of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology Lublin

2004 - 2015
Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (ZAMM)

2004
Semko Medal (National University of Technology "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute")

2005 - to date
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

2008
Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the National Technical University "Kharkov Polytechnic Institute

2011- to date
Advisory Editor of the journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

2011 - to date
Full Professor (C4) at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

2011
Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (visiting scientist at Nagoya university)

2014
Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the Ovidius University Constanta (Romania)

2015 - to date
Acting Director of the Institute of Mechanics at the Magdeburg University

2015 - to date
Associate Editor of the journal Mechanics of Composite Materials

2015
Professor at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Peter the Great

2016
Professor at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Peter the Great

2016
Visiting Professor at Griffith University (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)

2016
Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.) at the Vekua Institute, University Tbilisi (Georgia)

2017
Visiting Professor at Griffith University (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)

since 2017
Member of the Flying Faculty (Mechanical Engineering) at the Vitnamese-German University