1994 - 1999 
Student of Chemistry, University Bremen
Diploma thesis in medical chemistry (10/1999): 
"NMR-spectroscopic analysis of newborn urine"
11/1999 - 05/2003
PhD-student, University Bremen, Department of Chemistry with the award of the Central Committee of the Academic Senate for the organisation of research and young scientific academics (FNK)
PhD thesis: 
"NMR-spectroscopic body fluids measurements"
08/2003 - 06/2005 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Denver/USA
07/2005 - 12/2006
Tenure Track Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Denver/USA
10/2007 - 02/2008
Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology (Dr. Irina Lehmann)
02/2008 - 12/2008
Sabbatical term: Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland/USA
12/2008 - 12/2012
Experimental coordinator of "contaminant molecule to cellular response: predictive model development for the Alliance of Helmholtz for system biology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology (Dr. Irina Lehmann)
since 12/2012
Head of the research group "Cellular System Analysis" at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology (Dr. Irina Lehmann)