He was awarded a PhD in psychology from Justus Liebig Universtaet, Giessen in 1989 and a Habilitation from Phillips-Universitaet, Marburg in 1999. Since joining The University of Queensland School of Psychology in 1991his contribution to research in the field has been acknowledged – he was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2008 and as a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society in 2010. Professor Lipp is also a Co-Director of the Science of Learning Centre at The University of Queensland.