1992-1993 Military service as a surveyor at the Topography Unit 850 in Ulm and in Sondershausen (Germany).
1992 A-level (Mathematics and Geography), Grammar School, Ulm, Germany.
Activities 2015-2019 Member (elected) of the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences
2014-2019 Chairman of the board of examiners for the BSc- and MSc in Applied Geosciences
Since 2014 Erasmus-coordinator for Earth Sciences
2015-2018 Topic-speaker for „Georessources“ at the Center of Climate and Environment
2013-2016 Board member of the section „Engineering Geology“ at the German Society for Geotechnical Engineering (DGGT)
Since 2012 Expert panel member at the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation (LUBW)
Editor at the Hydrogeology Journal and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Member in various scientific organization committees (selection): FHDGGV conferences, IAH Conference, European Geosciences Union(EGU), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Groundwater Quality.