1985-1992 studies of philosophy, physics, history of science and educational science, University of Hamburg
1993 Magister degree in philosophy, University of Hamburg, Department of Philosophy, thesis on Bolzano's concept of consequence
1993-1998 scientific assistant at the University of Hamburg, Department of Philosophy; degree grant from the University of Hamburg
1998 PhD in philosophy, University of Hamburg, Department of Philosophy; thesis on memory, perception and knowledge
1998-2004 postdoc with grant in the Research Training Group "Cognitive Science", University of Hamburg, funded by the "German Research Foundation"; scientific assistant in the projects "Reconstructing Speech Act Theory" and "Explanatory Coherence", Research Unit "Communicative Understanding", University of Leipzig, funded by the "German Research Foundation"; stand-in assistant, University of Leipzig, Department of Philosophy
2004-2007 scientific assistant at the University of Hamburg, Department of Philosophy
2007 Habilitation, University of Hamburg; Chair for Theoretical Philosophy, University of Oldenburg
since 2010 board member (treasurer) of the "Society for Analytic Philosophy"
