since 2008	Doctoral student in the department of microbiology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany Topic: "Anaerobic corrosion of metallic iron by cultures of sulfate-reducing bacteria" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Widdel
2006 - 2008	M.Sc., International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology (MarMic), University of Bremen, Germany
2005 - 2006	Studies in Microbiology at The University of Edinburgh, UK
2002 - 2005	Studies in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology (Vordipl. Biology; plus advanced studies in these subjects) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany