SINCE JUNE 2012 — RESEARCHER AT FRAUNHOFER/IFAM IN BREMEN/GERMANY; IN CHARGE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON ADHESIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS.APRIL 2010, MAY 2012 — PROFESSOR FOR STRUCTURES AT THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE FRIBOURG, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE; TEACHING AT THE BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S LEVEL, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS RELATED TO MATERIALS IN AN ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT, BUT ALSO INVOLVMENT IN EUROPEAN COST PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE SWISS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.2008, JANUARY –2010, MARCH — PROFESSOR FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS AT BERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE, WOOD AND CIVIL ENGINEERING. RESEARCH: WOOD AND COMPOSITES STRUCTURES IN STRONG COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.2000–2007, DECEMBER — SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND LECTURER AT THE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION LABORATORY AT ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE. RESEARCH: COMPOSITES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TEACHING: LECTURER AT THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.1998–2000 — RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANT AT THE INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL AT THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DARMSTADT/GERMANY. RESEARCH: APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL BEAM THEORY TO CYLINDERS; TEACHING: LECTURES IN NON-LINEAR MECHANICS, STABILITY, PLASTICITY AND GENERAL BEAM THEORY.1996–1998 — LECTURER FOR STATICS AND STRUCTURAL STEEL, AT FACHHOCHSCHULE FRANKFURT/GERMANY.1995–2000 — INDEPENDENT CIVIL ENGINEER, SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS.ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IN EL MARSA/ALGERIA, 1975-1988; MATHEMATICAL-SCIENTIFIC BACCALAUREATE IN 1988.