Born and educated in Germany. Studying psychology/sociology in Dortmund and composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and Dirk Reith at the Institute for Computermusic und Electronic Media [ICEM] Essen. Visiting Scholar at Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University (1991-1993). Lecturer at the ICEM, Folkwang Hochschule Essen (1993-2000). Research Fellow at Kingston University (2000-2002). Composer Residence and Guest Composer at the Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (ZKM 1994-2002), Lecturer at Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast (2001-2002). Currently director of the Institute for Music and Acoustics at the Centre for Arts and Media Karlsruhe (www.zkm.de). Fields of interest: Sound and structural synthesis using physical. Algorithmic composition, granular synthesis, spatalisation. .