| Period | Employment / Occupation |
| Since 2013 | Head of Wound Repair Unit, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, and Medical Cooperation Centre, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, University Hospital |
| Since 2012 | Consultant, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen |
| 2009 – 2011: | Principal Investigator ERC project and Scientist at the Experimental Dept. of Plastic Surgery, MHH, and Attending surgeon at Dept. of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School |
| 2004 – 2008: | Leading scientist, Dept. of Experimental Plastic Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, and Fellow at Dept. of Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University of Magdeburg, Germany |
| 2003 – 2003: | Fellow at Dept. of General Surgery, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 2001 – 2002: | Post-doc at Dept. of Surgery, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1999 – 2002: | Clinical rotation for plastic surgery: Sweden and Denmark |
| 1999 – 2001: | PhD student, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden, doctoral degree 2001 (PhD) |
| 1988 – 1995: | Medical studies at University of Ulm, Germany; doctoral degree 1995 (MD) |
