since 2019: Project Manager "BovReg" (EU Horizon 2020) at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf
2017 - 2019: Grant Acquisition manager and EU Liaison at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf
2005 - 2017: free-lancing project manager and EU-Consultant (www.empa-bremen.de)
2011 - 2014: partial employment as scientific staff at the University Bremen, for EU-advice and project work for the Northwest (Germany)-Marine-Research Association (NWVM)
2009 - 2011: partial employment as technology broker at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Inst. For Advanced Studies) for the NWVM
2006 - 2008 and 2011 - 2012: partial employment as scientific staff at Max Planck Institute for marine Microbiology, Bremen for the projects Meta-Functions, Symbiomics ITN
2002 - 2005: scientific staff at Max Planck Institute for marine Microbiology, Bremen for coordinating three EU-funded research projects
1996 - 2002: Project manager at the Port and Transport Consulting Bremen GmbH
1993 - 1995: freelance work as journalist, lecturer and consultant in marine and environmental protection at on Antarctic issues
1990 - 1993: Coordinator of Greenpeace-campaign for World Park Antarctica (PR, press, lobby work and project management)
1987 - 1990: PhD in microbiology, marine chemistry und toxicology at the University Kiel
1979 - 1987: Diploma studies in Göttingen and Kiel in microbiology, zoology, biochemistry, food science and food technology; Diploma thesis at Institute for marine Research, Kiel