7/1997-6/2000: Ph.D. student in cancer studies, University of Birmingham, UK
6/1997: MSc degree in biotechnology, thesis title: "Measuring the strength and size of latex aggregates by using micromanipulation techniques", University of Birmingham, UK and Fachhochschule Bingen, Germany
10/1996-6/1997: visiting student at Birmingham University, UK
10/1996: BSc degree in biotechnology (Dipl.-Ing. FH), Fachhochschule Bingen, Germany
10/1993-10/1996: graduate course in biotechnology, Fachhochschule Bingen, Germany
8/1992-6/1993: high school (Gesamtschule, Fachhochschulreife), A-level, Giessen, Germany
8/1990 -7/1992: vocational training in horse breeding (Berufsausbildung Pferdewirt), Heinrich-von-Stephan-Schule in Frankfurt/Main and Reiterhof Messerschmidt in Altenstadt, Germany
9/1984-7/1990: high school (Polytechnische Oberschule, Realschulabschluss), O-level, Leubingen, Germany
9/1980-8/1984: primary school (Grundschule), Leubingen, Germany