Undergraduate studies in Food Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Münster.

Graduate studies at the Technical University of Karlsruhe in Toxicology and Food Chemistry

Diploma Thesis with Prof. M. Metzler: "In vitro metabolism of the mycotoxins alternariol and alternariolmonomethylether" pdf

Post-graduate education program "Expert in Toxicology" of the German Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)

Graduate studies at the University of Münster in Analytical Chemistry

Research associate (Free University of Amsterdam, Prof. H. Irth)

PhD thesis with Prof. U. Karst : Development of HPLC-MS methods for the detection of inhibitors and enzymatic activities of pharmaceutical and toxicological relevance. pdf

Postdoctoral researcher (University of California, Prof. B. Hammock)

independent research at the Veterinary University of Hannover founded by the European Union.

Full-Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation

PhD-Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation

Postdoc-scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service

Research scholar-ship of the Schormueller Foundation (German Chemical Society (GDCh), Division of Food Chemistry)

Certificate of Merit from the American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Environmental Chemistry

Marie Curie Career Integration Grant of the European Union (4 Year Funding of an independent research project)

AB SCIEX LC/MS award of the section of liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) of the German Society of Mass Spectrometry