1998–2005: Studies of Medicine, Universities of Heidelberg, Charité Berlin, Bordeaux, Geneva and Nottingham. 2009: Diploma in Medical Mycology, University of Paris 7 Denis Diderot and Institut Pasteur. 2012: Board certification as specialist for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Epidemiology. 2018: Professor of Antibiotic Resistance of Gram-negative Pathogens, University of Cologne. Since 2019: Professor of Microbiology and Virology, University of Oldenburg, Germany.