10.2000 - 03.2001 Study of chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin 04.2001 - 09.2005 Study of biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin 10.2005 - 03.2006 Diploma thesis (Dipl. Biochem.) "Transfection of MDCK cells with claudin-12 cDNA and analysis of the differentiation-dependent expression of tight junction proteins", Freie Universität Berlin 07.2006 - 12.2009 Postgraduate, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin; 11.06 - 12.09: German Research Foundation, Research Unit (DFG Forschergruppe) FOR 721/1, TP1 30.11.2009 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), "Tricellulin and its function in the tricellular tight junction of epithelial cells" Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin Since 01.2010 Research Associate, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Berlin Since 2013 Coordinating Officer for Research of the Institute of Clinical Physiology 18.01.2016 Habilitation for "Privatdozent" (US equivalent "Associate Professor"), Experimental biomedicine Since 2017 Member of the Charité Doctoral Committee Since 2018 Associate Editor: BMC Gastroenterology Since 2020 Editorial Board: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS)