since 2011 board member of the German Systematic Association (GfBS) - for Zoology
2009-2011 spokesperson of the Young Systematists of the German Systematics Association (GfBS)
2006-2009 employed as scientific assistant in the DFG-project "Phylogeography of the Thecideoidea (Brachiopoda)"
since 2006 PhD student at the Museum für Naturkunde and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; supervision: Prof. Dr. Scholtz (HU) and Dr. C. Lüter (MfN)
2006 'Diplom': The Hyalella longipes-lucifugax-complex, a case study for the taxonomic work on the genus Hyalella (Amphipoda, Crustacea) in Lake Titicaca (Peru, Bolivia)
1999-2006 Studies in biology at the Humboldt-University, Berlin
