Director of the Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging (2009); Professor (W3) at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (2009); Professor (W2) at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (2006); Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig (2005); Postdoc at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience und Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London (2003 - 2005); Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Psychology at Bremen University ("summa cum laude") (2003); Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience und Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London (2001 - 2003); Postdoc at the Institute of Neuroscience, Plymouth (2001 - 2003); Postgraduate researcher at the Institute for Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology, Bremen University (2001); Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (2000 - 2003); Postgraduate researcher at the Hanse-Institute for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst, Germany (1999 - 2001); Postgraduate researcher at the Institute for Psychology and Cognition Research, University of Bremen (1997 - 2000); Diploma (MSc) in Psychology at Bremen University (1997); Student research assistant at the University of Bremen (1992 - 1997).