| 1974 | born in Pforzheim |
| 1994 | Abitur at the Christophorus Gynmnasium Altensteig |
| 1994-1999 | Undergraduate Studies (Biology) at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 1999 | Diploma in Biology |
| 1999-2004 | PhD studies in Microbiology (Prof. Wohlleben, Microbiology/Biotechnology) at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2004-2010 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent at the department Microbiology/Biotechnology of the Faculty of Biology at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| since 2010 | Leader of the Junior Group "Secondary Metabolite Genomics" at the Dpt. of Biotechnology at the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen |
| 2012 | Habilitation in "Microbiology" at the Faculty of Science at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2/2013 | DECHEMA Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis für Naturstoff-Forschung 2013 |
