2002 Habilitation and Venia legendi for the subject zoology at the RWTH Aachen
1998 – 2004 (Equivalent of) Assistant Professor at the RWTH Aachen
1996 - 1998 (Equivalent of ) Assistant Research Scientist at the institut of biology II of the RWTH Aachen, Germany, work with Prof.Wagner on cellular mechanisms in the midbrain of birds
1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral fellow at the University of San Diego., School of Medicine, work with Prof. Karten on the anatomy of projection neurons in the optic tectum of birds and mammals
1994 - 1995 Postdoctoral fellow at the brain research institute of the University of Bremen, Germany, work with Prof. Roth on the visual system of salamanders and frogs.
1994 Ph.D. in Biology, University of Cologne ,Germany, work with Prof. Walkowiak on the subject „Neuroana-tomische und -physiologische Untersuchungen zu audio-motorischen Interaktionen.
1990 Diploma (equ. MS) in Biology, University of Bonn, Germany, “Anatomische und physio-lo-gische Charakterisierung des Torus semicircularis bei Discoglossus pictus“
Technical University of Munich