A stipend by the German Academic Exchange Service enabled him to enter the graduate program in composition at the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, working closely with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and eventually obtaining a Ph.D. in 1994.
A grant from the German Academic Exchange Service facilitated his entry into the graduate program in composition at the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, where he worked in tandem with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and eventually earned a Ph.D. in 1994.