• College degree at humanistic gymnasium in Ravensburg, Germany 
• High school degree at technical gymnasium in Ravensburg, Germany 
• Education as musician in Bern, St. Gallen (both Switzerland) and Munic (Germany)
• About ten years of work and practice as musician, live gigs and studio recordings, guitar teacher, sound engineer, several bands and musical projects, 630 live-gigs 
• 1990 to 1994: Study of Media Technology at Stuttgart Media University (HdM), Stuttgart (Germany). Degree as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) for Media Technology. Topic of Diploma Thesis: "Digital Video in interactive Media" 
• 1994: K&E-Award for the best degree at Stuttgart Media University (HdM) in summer semester 1994 
• 1994 to 1996: Researcher and lab assistant in the "Interactive Media Lab" at Stuttgart Media University (HdM) 
• 1995 to 1996: Lecturer for the topics "Interactive Media" and "Media integration" at Stuttgart Media University (HdM)
• 1995 to 1996: Project leader at the international university multimedia project "MultiMET" in collaboration of the european regions Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Rhone-Alpes (France), Cataluña (Spain), Lombardia (Italy) as well as Wales (Great Britain) with Canada as associate partner
• 1994 to 2000: Dissertation in psychology of media and cognition at Tübingen University (Germany)
• 2000: Degree as Dr. rer. soc. for Psychology, magna cum laude
• Since 1994: Free seminar teacher for topics like multimedia, media technology, media production for ZNM (Zürich, Switzerland), Mountain Multi Media (Brienz, Switzerland), Siemens (Germany), Macromedia Academy (Munic, Germany) and more
• 2002 to 2006: Lecturer at Macromedia Media University in Munic (Germany) for the topics "Multimedia-Producing" and "Recording I-III", in the study program "Applied Media Economics" 
• Since 1994: Free multimedia producer for different clients, Multimedia-Consulting
• 1997 to 2000: Junior lecturer for Media Technology at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Offenburg (Germany)
• Since March 2000: Professor and Senior Lecturer for Media Integration at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences
• Since 2000: Head of Media Integration Lab at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

K&E-Award for the best degree at Stuttgart Media University (HdM) in summer semester 1994

• Book publication: Säwert, M. & Riempp, R. (2019). Digital Storytelling im Web - Am Beispiel von scroll-activated-animations. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature 
• Book publication: Hehn, T. & Riempp, R. (2010). PDF@Flash: Multimediale interaktive PDF-Dokumente durch Integration von Flash. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 
• Riempp, R. (2009). Audio im Kontext des E-Learnings. Funktion, Wirkung, Konzeption und Einsatz. In: Werner, H. U. & Lankau, R. [Publisher] Massenmedien und Kommunikation, MUK 176/177. Siegen University (Germany), 2009 
• Book publication: Plag, F. & Riempp, R. (2006). Interaktives Video im Internet mit Flash. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer
• Islas Sedano, C.; Tedre, M. & Riempp, R. (2006, May). A Learning Object in Engineering Education: A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Multicultural Learning and Media Literacy in the Modern World, Hämeenlinna, Finnland, May 21st - 23rd 2006 
• Schwan, S. & Riempp, R. (2004). The cognitive benefits of interactive videos: learning to tie nautical knots. Learning and Instruction: The Journal of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, 2004; 14 (3) 
• Dissertation: "Intentionales Beobachtungslernen von Bewegungs- und Handlungsabläufen mit interaktivem Video", Knowledge Media Research Center (KMRC) at Tübingen University (Germany), 2000
• Schwan, S., Zahn, C., & Riempp, R. (2000, Juli). Prozesse der Informationsverarbeitung bei interaktiven Videos. Ökopsychologisches Kolloquium. Psychologisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen (Germany)
• Zahn, C., Schwan, S., Riempp, R., & Hesse, F. (2000, February). Lernen von Bewegungsabläufen mit interaktiven Videos: Anpassung der Informationsdarbietung an interne Verarbeitungsprozesse. 
  1. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Colone, (Germany) 
• Book publication: Riempp, R. & Schlotterbeck, A. (1995). Digitales Video in interaktiven Medien. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer