- Food Chemistry studies: Technical University Munich, (TUM), Garching, Germany, Food Chemist/state examination, 11/2001 - Ph.D.: German Research Center for Food Chemistry (DFA), Garching, Germany (now LSB@TUM, Freising), Taste-active compounds of cocoa, 12/2004 - Postdoc: Institute for Food Chemistry, Muenster, Germany, Taste-active and bioactive compounds in food, 12/2006 - Scientist and Academic Lecturer: Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, TUM, Freising, Germany, Taste-active and bioactive compounds in food, plants and microorganisms, 07/2008 - Present: Academic Councillor: Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, TUM, Freising, Germany, bioactive compounds in food, plants and microorganisms, LC-MS/MS, metabolomics, isolation and structure elucidation, NMR, SIDA, LC-IMS-TOF-MS