Curriculum Vitae
| 1979 | Born in Rostock, Germany. |
| 1997 | Abitur in Rostock, Christopherus-Gymnasium |
| 1997-2005 | Study of biology, University of Rostock; diploma thesis: Die Geophyletik der Beutelmeise (Remiz pendulinus) in Mitteleuropa unter Einsatz einer Internet-Datenbank, http://www.beutelmeise.de |
| since 2006 | PhD thesis: Molecular morphology of 18S rDNA of Bivalvia |