Stefan Bauberger was born in 1960 in Munich. After school education in 1966-1979 and two years of social work he entered the Society of Jesus in 1981. The novitiate was followed by studies of philosophy (1983-1985 in Munich) and theology (1986-1989 in Frankfurt), with a ministry with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Malaysia in between. Studies of physics (diploma and doctorate) in Würzburg followed in 1989-1997. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1990. He has been teaching philosophy of nature, philosophy of science and Buddhist philosophy at Hochschule für Philosophie in Munich and Philosophisch-theologische Hochschule in Frankfurt since 1998. Between 1997 and 2002 he had severals stays in India (accumulated 2 years) and Japan between 1997 and 2002 to complete training as Zen teacher and to study Buddhism. In 2006 he finished his habilitation in philosophy. The same year he was appointed the delegate of formation of the German, Austrian and Swiss province of the Jesuits.