| since 09/2012 | Technische Universität München, Engineering Geology, Professor Chair of Landslide Research. |
| 03/2012-09/2012 | Technische Universität München, Engineering Geology, Interim Professorship on Monitoring, Analysis and Early Warning of Landslides. |
| 07/2009-(07/2015) | University of Bonn, Geography, Senior lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit) and candidate for habilitation. |
| 05/2005-07/2009 | University of Bonn, Ph.D.-Thesis, Detection and quantification of permafrost change in alpine rock walls and implications for rock instability. Summa cum laude. |
| 05/2005-06/2009 | University of Bonn, Geography, Ph.D graduate school fellow and lecturer. |
| 02/2005-05/2005 | University of Oxford, UK, School of Geography, research invitation to the rock breakdown laboratory (Prof. H. Viles). |
| 09/2004-01/2005 | University of Erlangen, Physical Geography, junior lecturer. |
| 10/2001-08/2004 | University of Erlangen, Magister Geography, Geology and Economics Magister thesis: The Impact of Rainfall Intensity and other External Factors on Primary and Secondary Rockfall, Supervisor: M. Moser (Engineering Geology). |
| 2002-2004 | Scientific assistant in the Engineering Geology, U. of Erlangen (Prof. Moser). |
| 02/03 2002 | Invitation to research project “Seismically Induced landslides in Taiwan after the Chi-Chi 1999 Earthquake” (Drs. D. Petley and W. Murphy, Engineering Geology Leeds and Durham Landslide Research Center). |
| 06/2001-10/2001 | German-Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Madrid, Leonardo da Vinci Internship. |
| 09/2000-06/2001 | University of Durham, UK, Geography (incl. Landslide Research) and Environmental Studies, Sokrates Studentship. |
| 10/1997-06/2000 | University of Passau, Geography and Economics, intermediate exam geography. |
