| long, long ago | Born in Kaltenkirchen/Holst., Germany |
| 1983-1988 | Study of Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin |
| 1989 | State Examination in Food Chemistry Part A |
| 1989-1990 | Practical year (Referendariat) in Food Chemistry (LAT Berlin) |
| 1990 | State Examination in Food Chemistry Part B |
| 1991-1993 | PhD student Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Food Chemistry: “Investigations on the composition of commercial meat flavorings”Advisor: W. Baltes |
| 1994-1995 | Postdoctoral research associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Food Chemistry |
| 1995-2000 | Postdoctoral research associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Free University of Berlin, Institute of Biology, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology (Prof. Monika Hilker) |
| 2000-2006 | Assistant Professor in Chemical Ecology (Wissenschaftlicher Assistant), Free University of Berlin, Institute of Biology, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology |
| 2003 | State Doctorate (Habilitation), Free University of Berlin: Inter- and intraspecifically acting infochemicals in the sexual communication of insects |
| 2006-2009 | Heisenberg-Stipendium of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| since October 2009 | Professor for Chemical Ecology at the University of Regensburg |
| Professional Activities | |
| 2004 | Co-organizer of the 12th Symposium on Insect Plant Relationships (SIP12), 2004 in Berlin |
| 2005-2008 | Councilor of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) |
| since 2006 | Associate Editor for Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata |
| Memberships | |
| International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) | |
| Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG) | |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie (DGaaE) | |
| Deutscher Hochschulbverband (DHV) | |