Professional Experience

• since 2022 Head of Department of Health Psychology at the Institute of Psychology, JKU Linz, Austria
• 2014 & 2016 Visiting scientist, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• 2012 - 2022 Post doc, Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
• 2013 - 2014 Associated Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
• 2008 - 2012 Ph.D. student, Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany

Education

• 2012 Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
• 2012 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
• 2007 Diploma in Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany

Third Party Funding and Awards

• 2019 Distinguished Reviewer Award, European Journal of Health Psychology
• 2017 - 2020 Project "Why people eat in a traditional or modern way: a cross-country study". Funded by the German Research Foundation (GFG). PI: Dr. Gudrun Sproesser
• 2016 Early Career Award, European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
• 2012 Stiftung-Schmieder-Preis 2012 [Schmieder Foundation for Science and Research] for the dissertation