since 08/2015 Full Professor of Health Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
since 08/2015 Associate Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
06/2015 – 07/2015 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP) Program, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
09/2008-05/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, and Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP) Program, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA;
since 02-2010 additional appointment at Brandeis University: Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program, and the Volen National Center of Complex Systems at Brandeis University
04-2006 – 07-2008 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada;
Advisor: Prof. Gregory E. Miller
11-2003 – 03-2006 Research Associate, Dresden University of Technology, Germany; Advisor: Prof. Clemens Kirschbaum
03-2003 – 10-2003 Research Associate, University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Advisor: Prof. Clemens Kirschbaum
03-2003 Dissertation “Dynamic Regulation of Glucocorticoid Sensitivity of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Production by Psychosocial Stress”, (summa cum laude), University of Trier, Germany
03-2000 – 03-2003 Doctoral Student at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany
01-1998 – 02-2000 Doctoral Student at the Center for Psychobiological and Psychosomatic Research at the University of Trier (FPP)
10 -1997 Diplom-Psychologe (German M.S. equivalent in Psychology), University of Trier, Germany
1992 -1997 University study of Psychology, University of Trier, Germany