1997-2003 Studies in biotechnology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig graduation: diploma
2003-2006 PhD at the Department of Prof. Dr. D. Jahn Topic: Bacillus megaterium - Versitale Tools for Production, Secretion and Purification of Recombinant Proteins
2007-2008 Postdoc (Department of Prof. Dr. D. Jahn and Prof. Dr. M. J. Warren (UK))
2008-2010 Scholarship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (Prof. Dr. M. J. Warren (UK), University of Kent)
since Oct. 2010 Group leader at the Department of Prof. Dr. D. Jahn (Institute of Microbiology) and since 2013 at the Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)
since Sept. 2022 Privatdozention at the Institute of Microbiology, Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)