Since 04/2004	Postdoc within the Microbial Genomics Group, Dept. of Molecular Ecology
10/2000 - 03/2004	Graduate student in Biology, University of Bremen Graduated summa cum laude March 2004. Dissertation title: Aspects of the bioinformatic analysis and annotation of the genome of Rhodopirellula baltica.
06/2000 - 08/2000	Molecular research on green sulfur bacteria at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Oldenburg
07/1999 - 05/2000	Project work on green sulfur bacterial at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Oldenburg
04/1998 - 06/1999	Work on statistics, test theory and a drug study related to asthma and COPD patients at the Center for Clinical Psychology and Rehabiliation, Bremen
10/1997 - 02/1998	Molecular research on green sulfur bacteria at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Oldenburg
07/1997 - 08/1997	Work on datamanagement and statistics at the Center for Clinical Psychology and Rehabiliation, Bremen
02/1997	Diploma in Biology (with focus on microbiology and biochemistry)
07/1996	Diploma in Chemistry (with focus on biochemistry and environmental analysis)
04/1993	Prediploma in Biology
11/1991	Prediploma in Chemistry
10/1987-02/1997	Parallel study of Chemistry and Biology at the Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg