Habilitation thesis (equivalent to a second PhD, required for professors in Germany): Neuronale Multi-Layer-Perceptron Netze in der monetären Theorie und Empirie (Using Neural Networks for Monetary Theory and Monetary Forecasting), July 2001.
PhD (adviser: Prof. Dr. F.Geigant), December 1993, grade: summa cum laude (A+).
Subject: Seigniorage - Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse des staatlichen Geldschöpfungsgewinnes (Seigniorage - A Theoretical and Empirical Approach).
Diplom-Oekonom (comparable to Bachelors + Master in Economics) from the University of Hannover, 1988
Experience
1/09 - present
Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
7/11 - present
Tenured Full Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
7/06 - 7/11
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
9/02 – 7/06
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
7/01 - present
Privatdozent (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the Department of Economics, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany
3/97 - 9/02
Tenured Position at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany
1/94 - 7/01
Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany.
12/00 - 5/01
Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Department of Economics, Tallahassee/USA.
1/01
Research Visit at the University of New Mexico, Department of Economics, Albuquerque/USA.
9/99
Research Visit at the Florida State University, Department of Educational Research, Tallahassee/USA
10/98 - 4/99
Visiting Scholar at the University of California San Diego, San Diego/USA.
3/95 - 8/95
Visiting Professor for Economics at the Fachhochschule Schmalkalden (Applied University), Schmalkalden/Germany.
1988 - 93
Academic Assistant at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany.
1985 - 88
Research Assistant at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany.
9/86
Participation in an exchange program with the Baylor University, Waco/USA.
1980 - 82
Apprenticeship at the Commerzbank AG, Hannover/Germany.