| since 2013 | Professor of Structural Biochemistry at Bielefeld University |
| 2007 - 2013 | Juniorprofessor (equiv. to Assistant Professor) of Structural Biochemistry at Bielefeld University |
| 2002 - 2007 | PostDoc at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig |
| 1998 - 2002 | PhD Thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg |
| 1996 - 1997 | Diploma Thesis at the Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), Heidelberg |
| 1994 - 1997 | Studies in Biochemistry at the University of Witten/Herdecke |
| 1992 - 1994 | Studies in Biochemistry at the University of Regensburg |