since Oct 2009	PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. Special focus on the development and application of novel optical and electrochemical sensors and sensing platforms for shallow water and deep sea.
Sep 2004 - Sep 2009	Ph.D. student at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany. Thesis title: “Oxygen dynamics of marine sediments on different spatial scales”
Sep 2003 - Sep 2004	Scientific assistant (matematical modelling of ecosystems) at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) in Oldenburg, Junior Research Group IMPULSE.
Oct 1999 - Aug 2003	Studies in marine environmental science at the ICBM (Oldenburg) with main focus on mathematical modelling and microbiology.
Oct 1996 - Sep 1999	Studies in environmental and process engineering at the technical university of Cottbus.