March 1973 born in Schwalmstadt, Germany.

July 1992 graduation from High School in Schwalmstadt.

Oct.1992 - July 1995 studies of chemistry and physics at Philipps-University Marburg/Lahn.

Oct.1995 - July 1996 Erasmus exchange with Bachelor in physics at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Thesis: Solar and lunar radiation at 4 GHz (Prof. R. Brown).

Oct.1996 - March 1998 completion of studies in chemistry in Marburg.

July - Oct. 1997 summer student at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin. Project: Photoacustic spectroscopy of photovoltaic minerals (Prof. M. Lux-Steiner).

April 1998 - March 1999 Diploma thesis: NMR spectroscopy of lithium organocuprates (Prof. G. Boche, Marburg).

April 1999 - April 2000 compulsory civilian service at Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg (Prof. D. Schuller, group for ecochemistry and environ. analytics).

July 2000 - Sept.2004 PhD student at TU Munich. Thesis: Structure and exchange dynamics of the apical domains of the thermosome and human saposins by NMR spectroscopy (Prof. H. Kessler).

Nov.2004 - Feb.2007 Postdoc at the Australian National University, Canberra, sponsored by a Feodor-Lynen (Humboldt) fellowship. Project: Paramagnetic NMR methods for the rapid analysis of protein-ligand complexes (Prof. G. Otting).

March 2007 expedition to Patagonia, Chile for a survey of Glacier Benito.

April 2007 - Oct. 2013 Lecturer and Head of the NMR facility, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Göttingen

since Nov. 2013 Lecturer and Head of the joint NMR facility of the Chemistry Faculty.
- supervision of the NMR service unit
- development and implementation of novel NMR methods
- teaching in NMR for undergraduate and graduate students
- guided lab tours and internships

July 2021 Habilitation (venia legendi, Senior Lecturer) in Inorganic Chemistry. Thesis: Applications of Residual Dipolar and Quadrupolar Couplings to Organic and Organometallic Compounds.

Other interests: travelling, mountaineering, cycling (North Cape, St. Petersburg, New Zealand), photovoltaics, environmental politics, music (singing, piano, double bass, member of Göttinger Stadtkantorei, before National Capital Orchestra, Canberra, A-capella band Minor's Diner).