Bio

Qualifications

2010: Dr. phil., TU Darmstadt (“summa cum laude”)

2005: Magister Artium, University of Düsseldorf

2000: Abitur, Gymnasium Hochdahl, Erkrath (Germany)

Professional Experience

2011 - 2012: Research Grant, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung /
Project: “Ressourcenverbrauch und Rearrangement des Raums”

2010 - 2011: Visiting Honorary Fellow, University of Leicester / Centre for Urban History
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/urbanhistory

2009 - 2010: Research and Teaching Assistant, Darmstadt University of Technology / History Department
http://www.geschichte.tu-darmstadt.de

2006 - 2009: Doctoral Fellow, Darmstadt University of Technology / Postgraduate School “Topology of Technology”
http://www.tdt.tu-darmstadt.de

2007 - 2008: Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania / Institute for Urban Research
http://penniur.upenn.edu

2007: Doctoral Fellow, German Historical Institute Washington, DC
http://www.ghi-dc.org

2005 - 2006: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Düsseldorf / History Department
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/geschichte

2005: Freelance Archival Researcher, Yad Vashem Archives

Education

2001 - 2005: Studies in History / Sociology / English, University of Düsseldorf

2004: Studies in History / Urban Studies, Humboldt University Berlin

2000 - 2001: Studies in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

1986 - 2000: Elementary and Secondary School in Alameda, CA (USA), Erkrath (Germany), Varese (Italy), and Milwaukee, WI (USA)