10/1995 - 07/2001: Study of physics at Humboldt-University Berlin
06/2000 - 06/2001: Diploma thesis (Dipl.-Phys.) on Rigorous results for the correlated Kondo-lattice model (Supervisor: Prof. W. Nolting)
08/1998 - 08/1999 : Master thesis (M.Phil.) on Many-Body Effects in the Persistent-Current Problemat Loughborough University, UK
(supervisor: Prof. F. Kusmartsev)
10/2001 - 05/2005 : Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) on Theory of many-body effects in the Kondo-lattice model: Projection-operator methodat Humboldt-University Berlin(supervisor: Prof. W. Nolting)
since 05/2005 : Scientific Co-worker in CM department of MPIE
since 04/2006 : Group leader in CM department of MPIE
since 10/2008 : Group leader of ASG Modelling at ICAMS