| 1994: | Abitur at Ratsgymnasium Osnabrück |
| 1994-1995: | Zivildienst at Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund in Osnabrück |
| 1995: | Student in philosophy and political science at the University of Osnabrück |
| 1997: | Student in philosophy, politcal science, and economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| 1998/1999: | Visiting student at the University of Edinburgh |
| 2001: | Magister Artium (Thesis: "Gareth Evans' Theorie der direkten Referenz") |
| 2001-2006: | Ph.D. studies at LMU Munich |
| 2003: | Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh (Tutor: Prof. Robert Brandom) |
| 2005-2006: | Research Associate (TU Dresden) in the project “Kontrolle und Verantwortung. Untersuchungen zur Natur und Kultur des Wollens“ funded by VolkswagenStiftung; in charge: Prof. Thomas Goschke (Psychology, TU Dresden) |
| 2006: | Ph.D. (Thesis: “Conceptual Beings - An Inquiry into the Relationship between Concept-Possession and Language“; summa cum laude) |
| 2006-2008: | Research associate in the research project “Transformations of the Mind. Philosophical Psychology from 1500-1700“ at Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 2008-2009: | Substituting Dr. Markus Wild as Assistant Professor at Prof. Perler’s Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Philosophie at Humboldt University, Berlin |
| Since 10/2009: | Research associate in the research project “Transformations of the Mind. Philosophical Psychology from 1500-1700“ at Humboldt University, Berlin |