The University of British Columbia

Post-Doctoral fellow – University of British Columbia (01/2011 - ongoing), 2-year Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation)

Post-Doctoral fellow – Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany (01/2010 – 12/2010)

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat) – University of Bremen, Germany (12/2009)

Ph.D. studies – AWI, Germany (10/2006 – 12/2009)

Guest scientist – AWI, Germany (01/2006 – 09/2006)

Diplom (equivalent to M.Sc.) in biology - University of Bremen, Germany (12/2005) 

Graduate studies – University of Bremen, Germany (10/2002 – 12/2005)

Undergraduate studies - Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, Germany (10/2000 – 09/2002)