| Since Oct.~2015 | Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik (AIP), Potsdam, Germany: Staff researcher |
| 2010 -- 2015 | Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik (AIP), Potsdam, Germany: Senior postdoc (tenure track) |
| 2008 - 2010 | European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Research Fellow |
| 2005 - 2008 | LAM (Marseille) and IAP (Paris), France: Marie Curie Fellow (EU research network MAGPOP) |
| Spring 2005 | Centro Astronomico Hispano-Aleman, Calar Alto, Spain: Night Astronomer |
| 2005 | Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), University of Heidelberg "The nuclei of bulgeless galaxies" |
| 2001 - 2005 | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany: PhD researcher position |
| 1996 - 2001 | Diplom (MSc) in physics, University of Heidelberg |