since 2017: Consultant for knowledge and technology transfer at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf
1996-2017 Senior project manager BioCon Valley GmbH
1994-1996 Post-Doc at Greifswald University, Germany (Prof. Heidrun Herrmann): Genregulation of bacterial degradation of phenol
1989-1993 Post-Doc at Karlsruhe University, Germany (Prof. Walter Zumft): Genregulation of bacterial denitrification
1988 PhD at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany (Prof. Heinz Saedler): Regulation of transposable elements in corn (Zea mays)
1977-1988 Study of Biology at University of Cologne, Germany (Genetics, Botany, Biochemistry)