since February 2007

Cumulative habilitation in Sport Science at Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Strauß, Sport Psychology)

August 2002 -
January 2007

PhD in Sport Science at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Roth, Movement and Training Science)

September 1999 -
July 2001

Teacher in training, Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Weinheim / Hebel-Gymnasium, Schwetzingen - 2. Staatsexamen (with honours) in Geography and Physical Education with additional degrees in Ethics and German as a foreign language

October 1991 -
November 1998

Studies in Physical Education and Geography, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg - 1. Staatsexamen (comparable to MA)

July 1982 - June 1991

Kurpfalz-Gymnasium (High school) in Schriesheim, Abitur

July 1979 - June 1982

Martin-Stöhr-Grundschule (Primary school) in Hirschberg

since September 2006

Post-doc at the Institute for Sport Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Department for Sport Psychology (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. B. Strauß)

August 2002 -
August 2006

Research associate at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Department for Movement and Training Science (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Roth)

February 2001 -
July 2002

Research assistant at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, as tutor for statistics and SPSS

January 1999 -
June 2001

Research assistant at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, in the project "Promotion of sportive talents - Results of the survey of D-squad-athletes in Baden-Württemberg 1999/2000" under direction of PD Dr. N. Fessler, funded by the Badischen Landessportverband and by Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg (State Educational Ministery)

July 1997 - July 1999

Research assistant at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, in the project "Creativity in ball games" and tutor for statistics and SPSS

April 1995 - April 1997

Research assistant at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, in the project "Incidental und intentional learning in ball games" under the direction of Prof. K. Roth and M. Raab, funded by Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft

November 1994 -
December 1998

Research assistant at the Geographic Institute, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, for the Heidelberger Geographic Society

March and August 2008

ERASMUS-teaching-exchange with Dr. S. Cobley (Leeds Metropolitan university, England)

September -
October 2004

Research stay with Prof. B. Abernethy at the Institute of Human Performance of Hong Kong University funded by the German Academic Exchange Service

August -
September 2004

Participation at the Summer Institute on “Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics” at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Supervisor: Prof. G. Gigerenzer)

Juli - September 2003

Research stay with Prof. B. Abernethy at the University of Queensland in Brisbane (Australia) funded by the German Academic Exchange Service

Juni 2001 -
Dezember 2002

Research associate in the project "Sensorimotor Integration" in collaboration with Prof. R. A. Magill, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA and Dr. M. Raab, funded within the TransCoop-program by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung

März - April 1997

Research stay at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte (Brasil) within the project "Creativity in ball games", funded by the German Academic Exchange Service under the direction of Prof. P. Greco (Brasil) and Prof. K. Roth (Germany)

September 1996 -
September 2000

Four research stays at the Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA within the research project "Implicit motor learning in dual task situations" in collaboration with Prof. R. A. Magill (USA) and Dr. M. Raab (Germany)

since 2007

European College of Sport Science (ECSS)

since 2006

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (German Association of Sport Psychology)

since 1999

Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (German Association for Sport Science)

since 1999

North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)

since 1998

Verein zur Förderung des sportwissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses (Organisation for the promotion of young sport scientist)

since 2007

Reviewer Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

since 2007

Reviewer International Journal of Sport Psychology

since 2007

Reviewer Journal of Sports Sciences

since 2007

Reviewer Kinesiologia Slovenica

since 2007

Reviewer Bewegung und Training (eJournal - Movement and Training)

since 2007

Reviewer Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie (Journal for Sport Psychology)

since 2007

Member of the executive committee of the German Association for Sport Science - Commission Young Researchers

2005 - 2007

Cash auditor for the German Association for Sport Science

2003 - 2007

Treasurer of Verein zur Förderung des sportwissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses (Organisation for the promotion of young sport scientist)

January - June 2008

„Optimization of additional talent selection tests in handball - Performance motivation and anticipation as predictors“ in cooperation with Prof. Dr. B. Strauß (University of Münster) and Klaus-Dieter Petersen and Ute Lemmel (German Handball Federation) funded by the Federal Institute for Sport Science

September 2006 -
August 2007

„Development of additional talent selection tests in handball - Performance motivation and anticipation as predictors“ in cooperation with Prof. Dr. K. Roth (University of Heidelberg) and Klaus-Dieter Petersen and Ute Lemmel (German Handball Federation) funded by the Federal Institute for Sport Science

Januar -
Dezember 2005

„Anticipation as criterion for talent scouting” in cooperation with U. Forstner (German Field Hockey Association) and Prof. O. Höner (University of Mainz)

Dezember 2003 -
September 2004

„Formative evaluation of short- and middle-term perceptual training for goalkeepers and short corner shooters in field hockey as preparation for the Olympics 2004“ in cooperation with Prof. Dr. K. Roth (University of Heidelberg) and Bernhard Peters (German Hockey Federation) funded by the Federal Institute for Sport Science

Januar 2003 -
Dezember 2004

„Eye movement of handball goalkeepers during penalties contingent on environment, age and expertise” in cooperation with Prof. Dr. K. Roth (University of Heidelberg) funded by the Federal Institute for Sport Science

26. May 2006

2^nd place at the Annual meeting of German Association of Sport Psychology  for posters together with F. Loffing, S. Lotz und Dr. N. Hagemann

July 2005

3^rd place at the German university championship in team handball for woman as coach

July 2004

1^st place at the German university championship in team handball for woman (as coach)

17. July 1999

Young Investigators Award of the European College of Sport Science in Rom, Italy (5th place) together with Dr. M. Raab

13. December 1998

Hermann-Rieder-Price for outstanding theses at the Institute for Sport and Sport Science (3rd place)

14. June - 02. July 1996

For Germany selected participant at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece