1999 Ph.D. - Technical University Munich, Germany
1995 M.Sc. - Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
1992 B.Sc. - Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
2015-current-Co-Director, Brain & Behavior Initiative, University of Maryland, College Park
2013-2017 - Director, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park
2012 - Visiting Professor [sabbatical], Zoology Department, Technical University Munich, Germany
2011 - Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
2005-2011 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
2002-2005 - Research Scientist, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta
1999-2001 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta
2009- Affiliate Faculty Member, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
2009- Affiliate Faculty Member, Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing, University of Maryland, College Park
2005- Faculty Member, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Graduate Program, University of Maryland, College Park
2003- Member, International Society for Neuroethology
2000-2017 - Member, Society for Neuroscience
1999-2005 - Member, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Atlanta