He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature and culture from about 800 to 1800, but he also pays close attention to contemporary conditions, including politics, religion, economy, sports, and literature. He is also a poet of his own rights and has so far published nine volumes of his own texts in German, most recently: Hawaiische Impressionen 2013) and Sonora: harter Klang 2015) Since 2016, he has also published three volumes of essays and satires such as Amerikanische Satiren, Leipzig: Engelsdorfer Verlag, Die Welt und ich, ein etwas unausgewogenes Verhältnis: Neue Satiren aus deutscher und amerikanischer Sicht, 2020; and Wildgewordenes Amerika: Berichte aus dem Alltag in den wirklich fremden USA und andere Reflexionen Der Lehrbuchverlag, 2020' all available through amazon) He is an active contributor to the literary journal Trans-Lit2, for which he had served as the book review editor from 2012 to 2020. In 2016 he was selected as a member of the PEN-Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland PEN Center of German-Speaking Authors Abroad) He is the current president of the Society of Contemporary American Literature in German SCALG)