since 2015 
PD (venia legendi) at the RWTH Aachen University
ABBt - Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, Inst. for Environmental Research (Biology V), Department of Ecosystem Analysis
since 2005
Head of the Department of Effect-Directed Analysis at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ 
1997 - 2005
Scientist at the Department of Chemical Ecotoxicology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
1992 - 1996
PhD thesis at the University of Bayreuth, topic: "Ecotoxicological assessment of volatile components of landfill leachates"
1992
Diploma in Geo-Ecology at the University of Bayreuth