10/1992 – 11/1997: Diploma (M.Sc.) Biology, University of Göttingen and Glasgow, Scotland
04/1998 – 05/2002: PhD (Dr. sc. agr.), Environmental and Resource Economics, Göttingen University
06/2002 – 10/2003: Post-Doc at Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), University of Göttingen
01/2004 – 11/2005: Researcher, Department of Economics, Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle, UFZ (Centre for Environmental Research)
12/2005 – 06/2009: Senior Fellow, Ecologic Institute
07/2009 – 03/2022: Head of Science Management & Transfer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Since 04/2022: Researcher at the IÖW