Since 2012:

Professor, Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere,

Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Germany

2011 –2012:

Scientific Project Manager

Max Planck Genome Centre Cologne, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany

2006 –2011:

Research Fellow

Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2004 –2006:

Postdoctoral Fellow

Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), Toulouse, France

2001 –2004:       

Doctoral Student

Max-Planck-Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

1995 – 2000:

Studies of Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany