Dr. rer. nat., Dept. Genetics and Neurobiology, Universität Würzburg, 2000 PostDoc, Dept. Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center, 2000-2003 Independent Researcher, Institute of Biology - Neurobiology, Freie Universität Berlin, 2003-2009 Habilitation in Zoology, Freie Universität Berlin, 2009 Heisenberg Fellow of the DFG, Institute of Biology - Neurobiology, Freie Universität Berlin, 2009-2012 Adjunct professor, Department of Genetics, Universität Leipzig, Apr-Sep. 2012 Professor of Neurogenetics, Institute of Zoology, Universität Regensburg, 2012-present