Graduation from Diploma studies on nutrition at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (D) (2005), Doctoral research at University of Ulm (D) in molecular biology (PhD in 2009), Postdoctoral research in molecular biology at University of Ulm (2010-2012), Diabetic advisor in a diabetes core practice in Pforzheim (D) (2015), Research assistant at FH JOANNEUM Graz (Josef Ressel Centre for the Investigation of Early Life Metabolic Programming regarding Dispositions of Obesity) (2016-2022). Lecturer at FH JOANNEUM Graz since 2022.