Academic and Professional Experience
since 10/2021 | Professor of Educational Psychology with a Focus on Learning and Instruction in Schools at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Potsdam |
04/2019–09/2021 | Substitute Professor of Educational Psychology with a Focus on Learning and Instruction in Schools at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Potsdam |
10/2018–03/2019 | Substitute Professor of Educational Effectiveness and Educational Trajectories at the Hector Research Institute of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen |
10/2013–04/2018 | Research Scientist at DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Berlin |
05/2012–09/2013 | Research Scientist at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Potsdam |
11/2008–04/2012 | Research Scientist at the Hector Research Institute of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen |
08/2008–10/2008 | Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
07/2008–07/2018 | External Consultant at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation of the OECD, Paris |
08/2008–06/2008 | Trainee and Consultant at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation of the OECD, Paris |
Education
07/2019 | Habilitation venia legendi in Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin. Publication-based habilitation thesis: “Dealing with heterogeneity in school and teaching: between performance groupings and individual support.” |
04/2012 | Doctorate in Psychology, University of Tübingen Publication-based dissertation: “Parental homework help from the perspective of social disparities: An investigation of educational-psychological processes.” |
06/2007 | Diplom (master’s equivalent degree) in Psychology, University of Trier |
Research Stays
03/ 2015 – 06/ 2015 | Research stay at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA |
09/ 2010 – 12/ 2010 | Research stay at the Stanford School of Education, USA |
Awards and Fellowships
2016 - 2019 | Early career research fellowship of the Jacobs Foundation |
2013 – 2016 | Postdoctoral fellowship of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) |
2013 | Dissertation award of the Division of Educational Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
2012 | Doctoral award of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Tübingen |
2010 | DAAD scholarship for a research stay at the Stanford School of Education |
2007 | Scholarship from the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme for a traineeship at the OECD |