| 2009 – |
Guest Professor, National Institute of Informatics Tokyo (Japan) |
| 2007 – |
Full Professor and Chair of Experimental Physics, Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, TU Wien (Austria) |
| 2003 - 2006 |
Guest Professor Peking University, Beijing (China) |
| 2000 – 2006 |
Full Professor and Chair of Experimental Physics, Institute for Experimental Physics, Heidelberg University (Germany) |
| 1997 – 2000 |
Außerordentlicher Professor (Ao Prof)(with tenure), University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
| 1993 – 1997 |
Assistant, Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
| 1992 – 1995 |
Postdoctoral Researcher & Visiting Scientist, MIT, Cambridge MA (USA) |
| 1990 – 1991 |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (USA) |
| 1985 – 1990 |
Assistant, Institute for Nuclear Physics, TU Wien, Vienna (Austria) |
| 1983 – 1984 |
Researcher, EHS Experiment CERN, Geneva (Switzerland |
| 2013 |
Full Member of Austrian Academy of Science |
| 2012 |
ERC Advanced Grant |
| 2012 |
Wissenschaftspreis der Stadt Wien |
| 2006 |
Wittgenstein Prize |
| 1996 |
European Optics Prize (together with A Zeilinger and colleagues), European Optical Society |
| 1992 |
Excellence in Research and Development Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 1994 – 1997 |
APART Fellowship, Austrian Academy of Science |
| 1990 – 1992 |
Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship (FWF) |
| 1988 |
Viktor Hess Prize, Austrian Physical Society |
| 1981 |
Cern Summer Research Student Fellowship |