Professional & scientific work experiences                          

Since January 2022                      
Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Geosciences and Geography (Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Finland) | responsible for palaeoecological reconstructions, including sampling, preparation, and CO isotopic analysis

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021                    
Research associate in the laboratories of the Biogeology Working Group (Head: Prof. Hervé Bocherens) at the Senckenberg HEP Institute (Tübingen) | responsible for Bayesian statistic models, writing research proposal, teaching, and CNS isotopic analysis

Feb 2021 – Jul 2021                      
Scientific coordinator for the move of the Institute of Natural Archaeology at the Senckenberg HEP Institute (Tübingen) | responsible for planning and organization the move of scientific collections and laboratories

2020                                               
Research associate in the laboratories of the Biogeology Working Group (Head: Prof. Hervé Bocherens) at the Geoscience Institute of the University Tübingen | responsible for Bayesian statistic models, teaching, lab management, and CNS isotopic analysis

2016 – 2020                                   
Student assistant in the laboratories of the Biogeology Working Group (Head: Prof. Hervé Bocherens) at the Senckenberg HEP Institute (Tübingen) and the Geoscience Institute of the University of Tübingen | responsible for bone sample preparation and for the analysis of CNS isotopes in collagen samples

2013 – 2014                                                 
Self-employed with ‘animalbones’.
Specialized in skeletal preparation, collection management, determination of modern and prehistoric animal bones, pellet analysis, and habitat reconstructions

2012 – 2013                                                 
Federal volunteer at the Natural History Museum Erfurt (Taxidermy)

2008 – 2011                                   
Student assistant in the laboratories of the Microfauna Working Group (Head: Dr. Lutz C. Maul) at the Senckenberg Institute (Weimar) | responsible for determination and interpretation of small mammal assemblages from different European Pleistocene sites

Scientific education & Professional trainings

2017 – 2020                                   
Ph.D. student in Zooarchaeology at the Institute of Archaeological Science of the University of Tübingen
Supervisors: Prof. Nicholas J. Conard (Archaeological Science, Tübingen) and Prof. Hervé Bocherens (Biogeology, Tübingen)

Doctor of Natural Science (2020) – Magna cum laude
Thesis about: “Crazy like a fox? How the study of archaeological fox remains can help to understand human behavior in the Late Pleistocene.”

2017 – 2020                                   
EVEREST graduate program
(Evolution and Ecology Research School Tübingen)

2014 – 2016                                                 
Studied Archaeological Science with specialization in Zooarchaeology at the University of Tübingen
Supervisors: Prof. Nicholas J. Conard (Archaeological Science, Tübingen) and Prof. Hervé Bocherens (Biogeology, Tübingen)

Master of Science (2016)
Thesis about: “The archaeology and paleoecology of red and arctic foxes during the Late Pleistocene in the Ach Valley of southwestern Germany.”

2007 – 2011                                                 
Studied Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology
at the University of Jena
Supervisors: Prof. Clemens Pasda (Prehistoric Archaeology, Jena) and Dr. Lutz C. Maul (Senckenberg Institute, Weimar)

Bachelor of Arts (2011)
 Thesis about: „Kleinsäugerfunde aus der Profilsäulen (N2, Q1, S2) der mittel- bis spätpleistzänen Höhlenruine Hunas (Mittelfranken). Ein Beitrag zur biographischen und paläoökologischen Auswertung der Fundstelle.“

Teaching experiences                                                                             

Lectures (L) and Seminars (S) at University of Tübingen (Germany)

L Faunistic-Floristic monitoring methods, SoSe 2018 – 2021
S Faunistic-Floristic monitoring methods, SoSe 2018 – 2021
S Collection management, SoSe 2015 – 2019
L Collection management, SoSe 2015 – 2019
S Domestication as a research concept,  WiSe 2017/2018
S Microfauna in archaeological context, SoSe 2016, WiSe 2017/2018

Practical courses (P) and zoological excursions (E) at University of Tübingen (Germany)

P Isotopes in bones and teeth, SoSe 2020, 2021             
E Wolf monitoring in the Lausitz region (2 weeks), SoSe 2020
E Mammal monitoring in the Taunus region (1 week), SoSe 2018 (2x), 2019
E European primeval forests of Romania (3 weeks), SoSe 2018
E Georgia and Armenia (3 weeks), SoSe 2017
P Leather processing with bone tools (Exp. arch.), WiSe 2015/2016