Born in 1982.
2001: A-levels, Goethe-Gymnasium Gaggenau, Germany.
2001-2003: Professional education at the Vocational School of Music Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
2003-2008: Studies of German Language (and Literature), Psychology and History of Arts at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, and the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg i. Brsg., Germany.
2008-2009: Research assistant at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging) and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Since 2009: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Fellow at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain.