10/1997 - 10/2003
Course of studies in Materials Science at the Technical University Dresden, field of study: Functional Materials

09/2000 - 03/2001
Intership at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington (London, GB)

10/2003
Diploma thesis at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V. (IPF) and the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology, TU Dresden
Subject: "Investigation of the friction and wear behaviour of chemically coupled PTFE-PA-6.6 materials"
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur (graduate engineer)

11/2003 - 01/2006
PhD student at the IPF Dresden
• PhD thesis: "Morphology and fracture behaviour of block and multi-graft copolymers"

02/2006 - 03/2008
PhD student and research associate at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Materials Science and Technology (IMT), guest scientist at the IPF Dresden
• Research: Morphology and deformation behaviour of nanostructured polmyers
• Teaching: Practical course on viscoelastic properties of polymers,  seminar in technical mechanics

07/2007
Doctorate in engineering (Dr.-Ing.) at the Technical University of Dresden
• Supervising professor: Prof. G. Heinrich, IPF Dresden
• Scientific supervisor: Prof. R. Weidisch, FSU Jena

12/2017
Awarded the 2007 Doctoral Prize of the Association of Supporters of the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V.

04/2008 - 12/2009
research assistant at the Technical University of Dresden, Institute for Materials Science

since 01/2010
research associate at IPF Dresden, Department of Polymer Reactions and Blends, working group Composites and Blends with Carbon Nanostructures, since 2013: Department of Functional Nanocomposites and Blends

Participation in committees:
06/2013 - 12/2017: member of the Scientific Technical Council of the IPF Dresden
since 12/2016: deputy of the Equal Opportunities Officer at IPF Dresden