| Mar 1978 | Born in Braunschweig, Germany |
| Jun 1997 | University entrance diploma |
| Sep 1997 - Sep 1998 | Civilian service |
| Oct 1998 - Sep 2003 | Chemistry studies at the Technical University Braunschweig |
| Mar 2002 - Aug 2002 | Research student in the group of K.-H. Gericke. Project: Photodissociation of small molecules studied by quantum chemical calculations |
| Sep 2003 | Completed diploma thesis in the group of Ullrich Jahn. Title: Theoretical investigation of the course of oxidative enolate dimerisation |
| Oct 2003 - Jun 2007 | PhD student in the group of Helmut Grubmüller at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry (MPIbpc) in Göttingen |
| Jun 2007 - | Postdoc in the group of Helmut Grubmüller at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry (MPIbpc) in Göttingen |