2017–
Member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss University of Sports, Magglingen

2016–
Member of the Board of Directors of “Boötes”, NGO for Cultural Exchange, Hong Kong

2015–2017
Consultant to the Technical University Lodz, Poland, for the founding of the transdisciplinary  program  “Advanced Design & Technology”

2015–
Member of the Advisory Board of  "Akademie Menschenmedizin" (Academy for Human Centred Medicine)

2015–
Guest Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Mexico in its Lideres Academicos Program

2012–2016
President of the Research Council at  the Swiss Federal Office of Sports BASPO

2005–2013
Guest Lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Architecture

2002–2015
Member of the Advisory Board to the European Graduate School

2001–2016
Guest Professor at the Academy of Art & Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland

1999–2015
Professor of Physics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland
Director for International Partnerships
Initiator and founding director of the “Project Oriented Learning Environment” (POLE), a program for international and transdisciplinary collaboation

1999–
Founding director of  “artec design”, the company for design of art in public space

1997–1998
Guest professor at Stanford University; Stanford Learning Laboratory and Center for Design Research
Studies at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco in its Expressive Arts Program

1996–1998
Member of the Advisory Committee to the Government of the State of Aargau for the founding of a new School of Art and Design

1993–1997
Postgraduate Studies in Expressive Arts

1992–1996
Consultant to SWISSCONTACT (Swiss Foundation for Technological Development) in Indonesia 

1990–1997
Vice-President of HTL Brugg-Windisch (predecessor of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts North Western Switzerland)

1987–1994
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ‘Physik & Didaktik’, Munich

1989–1999
Member of the Board of Pro Argovia, Cultural Foundation;
President of its Advisory Board for Art in Public Space

1983–
Active collaboration with artists in art projects

1983–
Consultant for several Swiss industries

1982–2015
Professor of Physics, University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland

1981
Consultant for Venture Capital Company Engenics (Genetical Engineering), Palo Alto

1980–1981
Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Research: Microcirculation of the kidney
Teaching: Bioengineering; Rheology of blood flow

1975–1980
Doctoral studies at ETH Zürich; Thesis: Effects of hormones on microcirculation and re-absorption in the small intestinal tract.
Ph.D. degree, ETH Zürich

1974–1975
Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation for Studies in Physiology and Medicine at Stanford University, USA
Master of Science Degree in Medicine/Bio-Engineering, Stanford University

1969–1974
Studies in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich
Master of Science Degree in Physics at ETH Zurich

1956–1969
Schools in Switzerland
Maturity (with emphasis on languages and literature)

1949
March 19, born in Boniswil, Switzerland