Studied chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen. PhD in physical chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen, TU Ilmenau and University of Bristol (GB). Main focus: Phase- and crystallisation behaviour of complex systems, aerosols, particle analytics, optical tweezers.

Head of a junior research group and habilitation in physical chemistry; University of Duisburg-Essen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Heidelberg, Fraunhofer IMM (Mainz). Main focus: Physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and biophysics.

Legal training at Eisenführ Speiser, at the University of Hagen, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the German Federal Patent Court. Patent attorney at Eisenführ Speiser since 2022.