2017                                      Professor for Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Göttingen, Germany

2015-2016                           Associate Professor at the SAXO-Institute of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2014                                      Affiliated external lecturer at the SAXO-Institute at the University of Copenhagen and guest researcher at the Centre for Textile Research of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2013                                      Replacement of chair [Professor for Prehistoric Archaeology], University of Saarbrücken, Germany

2012                                     Habilitation with the thesis “Studien zu Gewichtsmetrologie und Kulturkontakt im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. [Studies on weight metrology and cultural contact in the third millennium BC]” at the faculty “FB 07 Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften” of the University of Mainz, Germany

2008-2012                           Lecturer at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History at the University of Mainz, Germany

2006                                      Invited Guest Researcher, Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2002-2006                           Lecturer at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History at the University of Mainz, Germany

2002                                     PhD. Dissertation advisor: Prof. Joseph Maran. Dissertation title: “Die Kleinfunde aus Tiryns aus Terrakotta, Stein, Bein und Glas/Fayence vornehmlich spätbronzezeitlicher Zeitstellung [Small finds from Tiryns: Objects of Terracotta, Stone, Bone, Glass and Fayence mainly from the Late Bronze Age]” at the University of Heidelberg, Germany

1998-2002                           Research Assistant, German Archaeological Institute, Athens, Greece

1996-1997                           Further studies in Prehistory Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Near Eastern Archaeology and Assyriology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany

1996                                      Master of Arts, Supervisor: Prof. Peter Warren, Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, UK

1994-1995                           Master Studies at the Department for Archaeology, University of Bristol, UK

1991-1994                           Studies in Prehistory Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History at the University of Heidelberg, Germany