- since 2020"Associate Professor" at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sociology at the TU Dortmund University
- since 2016Senior scientist, responsible for the fields “cognitive ergonomics” and “assistive systems”; head of the Future Lab “Human-Machine Interaction”, IfADo
- 2005-2015head of the research group “Modern Human-Machine Systems”, IfADo
- 2004habilitation, venia legendi for psychology, University of Tübingen
- 1999-2005research associate (Principal Investigator), Cognitive and Biological Psychology, University of Tübingen
- 1999Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Wuppertal
- 1993-1999research associate, Cognitive Psychology, Universities of Konstanz und Wuppertal
- 1990-1993M.S. in Information Science, University of Konstanz
- 1985-1990Research and Development Engineer, Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques, Freiburg
- 1985.S. in Physics, Applied University of Weingarten-Ravensburg