2024 – present
Research Group Leader "Animal Evolutionary Ecology"
Goethe University of Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity
2018 – 2024
Junior Research Group Leader
Goethe University of Frankfurt, Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology
2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral Research Position
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Gelnhausen
2015 - 2016
Graduate Research Assistant
Goethe University of Frankfurt, Department of Ecology and Evolution
2013 - 2014
Graduate Research Assistant (Fellowship)
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt
2011 - 2012
Research Assistant
University of Gießen, Department of Animal Ecology
2013 - 2016
Ph.D., Goethe University of Frankfurt / Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Bik-F)
Thesis: Role of abiotic factors and biotic interactions in biological invasions: a comparison of natural and human-induced invasions in freshwater ecosystems (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Plath)
2009 - 2011
M.Sc., University of Gießen,
Majors: Ecology, Conservation; Minors: Microbiology, Zoology, Botany
Thesis: The impact of desiccation on leaf litter decomposition by macroinvertebrates and bacteria in headwater streams (Supervisor: Dr. Jürgen Marxsen)
2006 - 2009
B.Sc. University of Gießen,
Majors: Ecology, Conservation
Thesis: Hydromorphological assessment of the Iserbach with suggestions for restoration (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Werding)