- 07/13/1976 born in Berlin
- 1991 - 1996 high school (leading to the Abitur) at the Heinrich-Hertz-Oberschule (3.Gymnasium Berlin-Friedrichshain)
- 1996 - 1997 basic military service
- 1997 - 2002 student of computer science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 1998 - 2001 working student at DaimlerChrysler
- 1999 intermediate diploma in computer science
- 2001 semester thesis (german) on random three-colorable graphs
- 2001 - 2002 Webadministrator for the DFG research group "Algorithms, Structure, Randomness"
- 2002 Diploma thesis (german) on random graphs without a short cycle
- 2002 - 2006 member of the DFG-Forschungszentrum Matheon "Mathematics for key technologies"
- 2007 Ph. D. on Stochastical Models for Networks in the Life Sciences
- 2007 - ... Scientist at the Institute of Transportation Systems of the German Aerospace Center
further activities
- 1994 - 1996 member of the editiorial staff for the students magazine HertzSCHLAG
- 2000 - 2006 member of the budget commission of the Institut für Informatik
- 2001 member of the appointment commission for the Juniorprofessur "Random Structures"
- 2002 second price at the Nokia Mobile Challenge with Koloris
- 2002 - 2004 Presentations at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften
- 2004 / 2005 Organization of the Berlin Programming Contest
- 2006 Webpresentation "Eulertour" contributing to the Algorithm of the Week during the Year of Computer Science
