Since 2009
PhD thesis “Impact of hybridization on the evolution of green monkeys (Chlorocebus)”

2008
Assistance in the theriological section of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany

2008
Diploma thesis “Distribution and population densities of the primates in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Central Vietnam, with focus on Hatinh langurs Trachypithecus laotum hatinhensis (Dao, 1970)” at Bonn University, Germany

2007
Field work in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Central Vietnam for diploma thesis; part of the Cologne Zoo and Frankfurt Zoological Society cooperation project “Primate Reintroduction Program”

2002
Study of Biology at Bonn University, Germany

2002
Abitur at Siebengebirgsgymnasium, Bad Honnef, Germany