1993-1999           University Training in Biology and Mathematics at the Bielefeld University

2000-2004           Doctoral Thesis at the Bielefeld University

2005-2008           Scientific work at the University of Bath, England, UK

2009-now            Senior scientist at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf

2016-now            Deputy Head of the Institute of Metabolic Physiology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf