2015 Desk Officer, Policy Planning Staff and North America-Division (USA, Canada, G7/G8), German Foreign Office, Berlin
2008-2013 Associate, Research Divison EU External Relations, SWP, Berlin
2010 Transatlantic Fellow, RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.
2009-2010 Transatlantic Fellow, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), Paris
2002-2008 Research Associate and Project Manager, Chair for International Relations and Foreign Policy, University of Trier, Trier
2001 Diploma Political Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam
1999-2000 Fulbright Fellow, University of California, San Diego