Study of Law at the Technical University of Dresden (1994 - 1999),
1st State Examination in Law (1999)
Trainee Lawyer at the District Court of Dresden (1999 - 2001),
2nd State Examination in Law (2001)

Research Assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Theory, Constitutional History and The Law of Church and State, Professor Dr. Dieter Wyduckel, Technical University of Dresden (2001 - 2003),
Postgraduate scholarship of the Federal German Environment Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, 2003 - 2005), Subject: The Environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive and their Implementation in Germany, Doctorate (PhD) at the Technical University of Dresden (2006),
Research associate at the IOER (since 2005)

Public Law, especially European Law, Environmental Law and Planning Law

Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht e. V. (GfU)

International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR)