Associations:

- Member of AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement, from 2009 until 2017 head of the AMA Science Board and member of the AMA executive board
- Member of the Forschungsgesellschaft für Messtechnik, Sensorik und Medizintechnik e.V. Dresden
- member (since 2008) and chairman (since 2010) of the fms/ProcessNet joined committee Sensoren und Sensorsysteme
- Member of the Steering Committee and Chairman of Working Group 2 "Indoor Air Quality" of the European Sensor System Cluster (ESSC)
- Scientific advisor of the Innovationsplattform Magnetische Mikrosysteme INNOMAG e.v.
- Memebr of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hochschullehrer für Messtechnik AHMT e.V.
- Member of VDE e.V., the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies, since 2007 Member of the advisory board, since 2010 member of the executive board and since 2015 Chairman of the executive board of VDE Saar, the regional organization of VDE in Saarland.
- Member of IEEE
- Member of the expert committee 1.10 Basics of Measurement Science of VDI/VDE-GMA

- Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS)
- Memeber of the Editorial Boards Journal of Sensors
- Reviewer for various scientific journals (Sens. & Act. B, IEEE Sensors J, JSSS, Meas. Sci. & Techn., PhysChemPhys, ACA, ...)
- Reviewer for various regional, national and international funding agencies (DFG, BMBF, EU, DBU, AiF, ...)
- Member of the program committee of several international and national conferences (IEEE Sensors C., ISOEN, Eurosensors, SENSOR), session chair and organizor of several special sessions

- Co-founder of 3S GmbH - Sensors, Signal Processing, Systems, Saarbrücken

Outreach and PUSH activities:

- Founder of the student lab SinnTec and founding member of  SaarLab, the association of student labs in Saarland
- Founding member of Lernort Labor - Bundesverband der Schülerlabore e.V. (national association)
- Founding member of MINT-Campus Alte Schmelz e.V.
- Founding member and chairman of Förderverein Schülerforschungszentrum Saarlouis e.V.

University:

- Member of the department board (Fakultätsrat) of the Faculty of naturla Sciences and Technology II (10/2002 - 3/2006 and 10/2008-9/2016)
- Vice dean of the Faculty for Physics and Mechatronic Engineering (4/2004 - 3/2006)
- Dean of the Faculty Physics and Mechatronic Engineering (4/2006 - 9/2008)
- Member of Saarland Universities academic senate 10/2012-9/2012
- Member of the research funding committee of Saarland University  2002 – 2004 and since 10/2016

- Founding member of the Microtechnology Transfer Center Mitranz
- Founding member of ZeMA GmbH, Centre for Mechatronics and Automation