| Since 1998 | Scientist at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment (BIOGUM), technology assessment of modern biotechnology in agriculture and plant breeding, University of Hamburg |
| 1997 - 1998 | Technology transfer and public relations for the Department of Applied Molecular Biology of Plants at the Institute of General Botany, University of Hamburg |
| 1994 – 1996 | Scientist at the Federal Environment Agency, Berlin – risk assessment and approval of genetically modified plants |
| 1990 – 1994 | Postdoctoral scientist with Professor Lörz, at the Department of Applied Molecular Biology of Plants II (AMP II), Institute of General Botany, University of Hamburg. Research topic: “Biochemical Characterisation of Embryonic Cell Cultures of Barley” |
| 1986 – 1990 | Doctoral Thesis “Two Dimensional Protein Analysis of Embryo-specific Protein of Peas” – funded by a scholarship from the Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA) at the Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn |
| 1979 – 1986 | Undergraduate Study in Biology, Bonn – Focus: Genetics, Botany and Chemistry |