2008 - 2014 Professorship (W1) and Head of the Neurobiology/Neurophysiology Research Group at the TU Kaiserslautern
2005 - 2007 Postdoctoral researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - Mouse Biology Unit in Rome (Italy), Laboratory Dr. Walter Witke
2004 - 2005 Research assistant at the ZMNH, University of Hamburg, laboratory Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Jentsch
2000 - 2004 PhD at the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), University of Hamburg with Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas J. Jentsch; thesis topic: Investigation of the function of K-Cl cotransporters using knock-out mice
1999 - 2000 Diploma thesis at the Department of Developmental Biology and Molecular Pathology, University of Bielefeld with Prof. Dr. Harald Jockusch; thesis topic: Expression of ADAMs 11, 22 and 23 in the mouse CNS
1998 Research internship at the Institute of Neurobiology (IFN) Magdeburg with Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Gundelfinger
1994 - 1999 Biology studies (diploma) at the University of Bielefeld; subjects: neurobiology, cell and developmental biology, animal physiology and neuropsychology