| 1969 |
born in Braunschweig, Germany |
| 1988 |
Abitur at the Wilhelm Gymnasium Braunschweig |
| 1988-90 |
Civil service in an institution for the mentally disabled ("Vorwerker Heime Lübeck") |
| 1990-95 |
Study of biology at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
various positions as research assistant (e.g. department of physiology, microbilogy, biochemistry) |
| 1995-96 |
Diploma-thesis at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg in the team headed by Prof. O. Pongs: "Interaction of alpha- and beta-subunits of voltage gated potassium channels |
| 1996-02 |
Study of psychology at the University of Hamburg |
| 1996-99 |
Caregiver in an institution for the mentally disabled ("Stiftung Alsterdorf Hamburg") |
| 1999 |
Test-administrator at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Hamburg |
| 1999-01 |
Visiting scientist at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, New York, NY, USA, in the team headed by Prof. M.I. Posner |
| 2000 |
Research assistant at the Department for Medical Pschology at the University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany |
| 2000-01 |
Diploma-thesis at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, New York, NY, USA, in the team headed by Prof. M.I. Posner: " The molecular behavior genetics of attention: Testing candidate genes" |
| 2001-02 |
Research assistant in the Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany |
| 2002-06 |
Doctoral thesis at the Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE): "The Memory for Object-Location Associations: Encoding - Storage - Retrieval" |
| 2003-05 |
Clinical neuropsychologist at the department for neurology, University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
| since 03 |
Training as Behavior Therapist at the IVAH (Institut für Verhaltenstherapieausbildung Hamburg) |
| since 06 |
Research group leader at the Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical School Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in the team headed by Prof. C. Büchel |
