| since Sept. 2001 | scientific employee at the University of Heidelberg Project: Rotordynamics Analysis Method of Turbocharger in cooperation with Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. |
| Oct. 2000-July 2001 | scientific employee at the University of Jena |
| July 2000 | Diploma in mathematics |
| Oct. 1997 | Pre-diploma in mathematics |
| Nov. 1995 - July 2000 | Studies of mathematics and economy at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 1986 - 1995 | Emmy-Noether-Gymnasium Erlangen |
| 1982 - 1986 | Primary school Reutleser Str., Nürnberg |
| April 2004 | Research stay at the Toyota Central R&D Labs. in Nagakute, Japan |
| March 2003 - April 2003 | Research stay at the Technical University of Denmark in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark |
| Oct. 2001 - Dec. 2001 | Research stay at the Toyota Central R&D Labs. in Nagakute, Japan |
| August 1999 - Sept. 1999 | Practical training at Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt |
| March 1998 | Practical training at insurance company, NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe, in Nürnberg |