1989 – 1994: Study of Biology at University Bayreuth, Germany (Dipl.-Biol.)
1995 – 1998: PhD in Biology (Insitute of Structure and Chemistry of Biopolymers/ Prof. P. Rösch) at University Bayreuth (Dr. rer. Nat.)
1997: Research project at the Sackler School of Medicine (Prof. A. Yaniv and Prof. A. Gazit) at Tel Aviv University, Israel
1998 – 2001: Research Assistant (C1), Institute of Biopolymers, University of Bayreuth, Germany
2002 – 2008: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Institut für Molekulare Biophysik II (INB-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
since 2008: Research group leader (Topics: “Host-Virus-Interaction” and "Atg8-protein biology”) at Structural Biochemistry (IBI-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Miscellaneous: Activities in the Collaborative Research Centers 575, 974, 1208. Trained according to §15 GenTSV. Worked as a representative for biological safety. Peer reviewer activities. Teaching (internships, exercises, seminars). Supervision of students (Bc./M.Sc., PhD thesis). Active in the IBI-7 subinstitute advisory committee. Mental health first aider (MHFA).