Since 2021 Research Associate in the Department of Educational Research (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Helm), Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

2020 - 2021 Research Associate in the Department of Work, Organizational and Media Psychology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernad Batinic), Institute of Education and Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

2020 Research Associate in the Department of Educational Research (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Helm), Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

2016 - 2020 Research Associate in the Computer Architecture Group (Prof. Dr. Rolf Drechsler), Faculty 3 Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany

2012 - 2016 "Own position" of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the topic of promoting competencies in mathematical modeling (GR 2706/4-1)

2010 - 2011 funded by a research grant from the University of Bremen, Germany

2005 - 2009 Lecturer for Pedagogical Diagnostics in Faculty 12 Educational Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany

May 2004 Doctorate in psychology. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany). The dissertation was published under the title Lernen mit multiplen Lösungswegen (Waxmann).

2001 - 2004 Research Assistant in the Department of Educational Psychology (Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl), Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany (DFG project Fading worked-out solution steps helps learning by fostering self-explanations, PI: Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl & Prof. Robert K. Atkinson, USA; DFG project Learning from incorrect solution examples, PI: Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl)

1996 - 2001 Studies of psychology with a minor in mathematics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany