1985
Diploma in Biochemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
1985-1991
Scientific assistant at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Academy of Science of the GDR, Leipzig
1992
PhD, University of Halle-Wittenberg, subject: 'Population dynamics of S. cerevisiae'
1992-1993
Scientific assistant in the Scientist Integration Programme of the Coordination and Development Initiative for institutes of the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR
1994-1997
Scientific assistant at the University of Leipzig; Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology; Department Biotechnology
1997-2000
Grant for habilitation of the Saxon Ministry of Science and Art (SMWK), Dresden
since 2001
Senior scientist at the Department of Environmental Microbiology, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
2003
Habilitation at the Technical University Dresden, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics; subject: 'Multiparametric Cytometry'
2011
apl. Professor for Microbiology at the Leipzig University, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology