| since 10/2015 | Professor of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, University of Potsdam |
| 04/2013-09/2015 | Professor of Psychological Assessment and Intervention, TU Darmstadt |
| 04/2012-03/2013 | Interim Professor of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 08/2011-10/2011 | Visiting Researcher, Centre for Research on Self and Identity, University of Southampton, UK |
| 04/2011-03/2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg |
| 07/2009-03/2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair of Personality Psychology and Assessment, TU Chemnitz |
| 11/2007 | Dr. phil. ('summa cum laude'); Title of Dissertation: Discrepancies Between Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem: Measurement Issues and Relations to Health and Defensiveness. |
| 10/2003-07/2009 | Research Associate, Chair of Personality Psychology and Assessment, TU Chemnitz |
| 10/1998-09/2003 | Student of Psychology, TU Chemnitz |