01/01/ 2020                                                 

Appointed to and began W3 (tenure-track professorship) in education and didactics for people with physical and motor impairments as well as chronic and progressive illnesses at the University of Oldenburg

01/10/ 2017                                                         

Began W2 professorship (tenure-track professorship) in education and didactics for people with physical and motor impairments as well as chronic and progressive illnesses at the University of Oldenburg. Head of the Psychomotor Outpatient Clinic.

01/03 2013 to 30/09/2017                           

Tenure-track professorship (W2) “Education with a focus on physical-motor development” at Leipzig University, head of the school’s Psychomotor Outpatient Clinic, elected member of the School Council, elected member of the Study and Examination Board and experience as Deputy Head of Institute

01/10/ 2010 to 30/09 2011                          

Visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin (previously School IV) in the area of “education for people with physical disabilities”

01/04 2007 to 28/ 02/ 2013                         

Specialist senior research assistant at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (education for people with physical disabilities)

07/2003 - 07/2007                                              

Doctorate on the topic of “Written language acquisition of people with infantile cerebral palsy who use AAC: a qualitative-empirical study as a contribution to the quality development of pedagogical support” (with distinction)

01/01/2001 to 31/03/ 2007                           

Research assistant at the University of Dortmund, subject area “education and didactics for people with physical disabilities”

01/02/ 1999 to 31/12/2000        

Research assistant at the University of Oldenburg in the subject area “education for people with physical and motor impairments”