• PhD in biochemistry at Max-Planck-Institute for Immunology, Freiburg
• 1978-1996: scientist and group leader at University of Stuttgart
• 1986 fell in love with biofilms at ISME 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia  
• 1992 Habilitation on „Biofilms“, University of Stuttgart
• From 1996 to 2014 Professor for Aquatic Microbiology, Uni Duisburg-Essen
• 2001 Foundation of Biofilm-Centre at Uni Duisburg-Essen
• 12 books, 350 papers
• 2015 „Retirement“  
• 2011-2025 Guest professor at Singapore Center for Life Science and Engineering (SCELSE)
• 2021-2027 Distinguished Scholar at Institute for Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science (IOCAS) Qingdao, China
• Since 2015 back to Lake Constance

Read more about professor Hans Curt Flemming here: https://www.uni-due.de/umb/flemming.php