1984–1991 Studies in biology and chemistry at the Universities of Hamburg, Maryland (U.S.A.) and Erlangen-Nürnberg
1997 Graduation Dr. rer nat. by the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
1997–2003 PostDoc at the Department of Zoology of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
2003 Venia legendi in Zoology
2003–2007 Oberassistent at the Department of Zoology of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Since November 2007 curator of the mammal collection at the Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin
