since 2014 - Junior Research Group Leader for computational materials chemistry (simulation of chemical processes in materials) in the Department of Structural Materials and Construction Chemistry at University of Kassel

02/28-04/08/2016 - Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine (USA)

2011 - 2014 - Postdoc in the Institute for Building and Materials Chemistry at University of Siegen

2011 - Postdoc in the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Technical University of Kaiserslautern

2005 - 2011 - Ph.D. student in the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and in the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Technical University of Kaiserslautern (graduated Dr. rer. nat. at 06/30/2011)

2006 - 2007 - Student of general management at Düsseldorf Business School (graduated MBA at 11/30/2007)

1999 - 2005 - Student of chemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (graduated Dipl.-Chem. at 01/26/2005)