Since 2015 Deputy Director of the Thünen Institute for Market Analysis (since 2017 „Dir. und Prof.")
2011/2012 and 2014/2015 Parental leave
2010 Three-month research stay at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (USA), Center for Global Trade Analysis
2009 Doctorate on the topic: Quantitative analyses of the WTO agricultural negotiations of the Doha Round
Since 2004 Researcher at the Thünen Institute for Market Analysis (before 2008 Federal Agricultural Research Centre - FAL) 2004 - 2005 Researcher at the Institute for Agricultural Policy and Market Research at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen; from July 2004 onwards in weekly rotation with work in Braunschweig
2003 Research assistant at the Centre for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU) at the Justus Liebig University of Gießen
1998 – 2003 Studies of Agricultural Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, focus: agricultural economics; semester abroad at the Agricultural University of Ås, Norway, focus: environmental economics