curriculum vitae

born 30.04.1973 in Trier, the oldest town in Germany and birthplace of Karl Marx
1992 - 1994: Student of chemistry, University of Tübingen
1994 - 1999: Student of geology-palaeontology and biology, specialising in palaeobotany and genetics
1999 - 2000: Graduation (Diplom) in geology-palaeontology
2000 - 2003: Ph.D. student, scientific assistant; funded by the German Science Foundation (SFB 475; project # He549/14-1)
2003 - 2005: Post-doc, scientific assistant; funded by the German Science Foundation (project # He549/14-1,2)
2005 - 2008: Project leader ('Eigene Stelle'); funded by the German Science Foundation (project # Gr3123/1-1,2)
2008 - 2009: Post-doc; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Paleobotanik
2009 - 2013: Research assistant, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Paleobotanik; position funded by the Vetenskapradet "Fylogenetiska signaler från fossiler taxa - bioinformatik möter paleobotanik"
update: 11/2008