School

• 1986-1990 primary school
• 1991-2000 grammar school

University Degree

• 2000 – 2006 Studies of Pre- and Protohistory, Informatics and Geosciences at the University of Tübingen (Germany)
• Since 2007: PhD-studies on a Bronze-Age mining and smelting site in SE-Arabia (Wadi Hilo, Emirate of Sharjah, UAE).

Fellowships

• 7 Months in 2008: Marie Curie Researcher at the Integrated Archaeobotanical Research Project (2007-2009), University of Sheffield (UK)
• July to September 2008: Marie Curie Fellowship at UCL (University College London) for my PhD-Research
• July 2010 to June 2012: PhD-Fellowship from the http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de