Short curriculum
 

2020 - Onwards
Professor for Geobiology (University of Cologne, Geosciences Department)

2015 – 2020
Researcher and lecturer (University of Göttingen, Geoscience Centre, Geobiology, Organic Geochemistry Group)

2012 – 2014
Post-Doc (University of Göttingen, Geoscience Centre,  Geomicrobiology and Symbiosis Group)

2010 – 2012
Post-Doc (University of Göttingen, Geoscience Centre, Geobiology,  Organic Geochemistry Group)

2010
Dissertation (grade “summa cum laude”)

2007
Intern (3 months) at RISE (formerly SP) in Borås, the Technical Research Institute of Sweden

2005 – 2010
Doctoral student (University of Göttingen, GZG Geobiology, organic geochemistry work group; group leader: Prof. Volker Thiel)

2005
Diploma in Geology (University of Frankfurt/ Main), thesis in cooperation with the Geochemistry group of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)