2012-present
    Post-Doc at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

2008-2012
    PhD in climate physics with Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann
    at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Topic: "Basic physical mechanisms for monsoon failure in past and future climate"
    (Thesis submitted May 2011)

2008
    Diplom (M.Sc.) in Physics

2007
    Final year project in climate modelling
    with Prof. Dr. Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

2004-2008
    Graduate studies of physics, Free University Berlin
    Subsidiary subject: Geophysics

2002-2004
    Undergraduate studies of physics, Free University Berlin
    Subsidiary subject: Chemistry




International training

2010
    Political study trip on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
    Israel & The Palestinian Territories

2009
    Research visit to Dpto. de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera,
    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

2008
    Research visit to Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,
    Pune, India

2008
    Research visit to Dpto. de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera,
    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

2008
    Indian-German Seminar on "Environmental Governance in India and Europe",
    New Delhi, India

2004
    Internship with the environmental non-governmental organisation
    "Green Action - Friends of the Earth Croatia" in Zagreb, Croatia

2001-2002
    Voluntary Service in humanitarian aid and development projects,
    Szurte, Ukraine




Awards

PhD scholarships awarded by Heinrich Böll Foundation and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes