since 2007 Press and Public Information Officer at the MPIO in Seewiesen

2007 Scientific manager of a documentary series about native fauna in Germany. Produced by Inter/Aktion on behalf of BR-alpha („Vom Ahorn bis zur Zwiebel“)

2006-2007 Tierpark Hellabrunn, Coordination of volunteers for the "Tier-Natur- und Artenschutzzentrum"

2005-2006 Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, Coordination of nature conservation projects in South-East Asia and Latin America (maternity leave replacement)

1999-2005 Doctoral thesis, University of Ulm & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institut, Panama

1991-1998 Diploma study in Biology, University of Tübingen & Universidade de Ribeirão Preto SP, Brasilien