| 1990 | Diplom in Psychology at the University of Göttingen |
| 1990-93 | Research and teaching at the University of Göttingen |
| 1993-97 | Research assistant at the TU Dresden |
| 1998 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at TU Dresden |
| 1998-2004 | Research assistant at the University of Göttingen |
| 2004 | Habilitation / authorisation to teach the subject of psychology at the University of Göttingen's School of Biology |
2004-2009
| Private lecturer and senior assistant at the University of Göttingen |
| WS 2004/05 | Administration of the professorship for Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology at the University of Göttingen |
| 2006 | Administration of the professorship for school and teaching psychology at the University of Göttingen |
| 2006-2011 | Supervising university lecturer in the DFG Research Training Group 1195 "Passungsverhältnisse schulischen Lernens" at the University of Göttingen |
| 04.2008 - 09.2009 | Administration of the professorship for Educational Psychology at the University of Oldenburg |
| 05.2009 | Appointment to a professorship for Psychological Foundations in School and Teaching at the University of Bamberg |
| 07.2009 | Appointment to a professorship for Educational Psychology at Vechta University of Applied Sciences |
| 07.2009 | Awarded the title of "Associate Professor" by the President of the University of Göttingen |
| 10.2009 - 11.2010 | Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Vechta |
| 04.2010 | Appointment to a professorship for Educational Psychology at the Karlsruhe University of Education |
| 06.2010 | Appointment to a professorship for Educational Psychology at the University of Oldenburg |
| 10.2010 | Appointment to a professorship for Empirical Teaching-Learning Research and Educational Diagnostics at the University of Bremen |
| Since 12.2010 | Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oldenburg |
| 04.2011 - 03.2013 | Managing Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences at the University of Oldenburg |
| 04.2019 - 03.2021 | Dean of School I - School of Educational and Social Sciences |
