1996-1999

Research Assistant at the at the Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany

2000-2002

State government research fellowship (State of Baden-Württemberg) at the Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, University of Tübingen; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Hautzinger

2002-2004

Research fellow (State of Baden-Württemberg) at the Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, University of Tübingen; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Hautzinger

2003

Doctorate (Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat.) in Psychology/ Psychobiology at the University of Tübingen, Title of doctoral thesis: “Stress and memory. Effects of stress and stress-induced cortisol secretion on memory functioning”

2001-2004

Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Tübingen

2004-2008

Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Germany; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sabine C. Herpertz

2004-2008

Group leader of the research group “Social Cognition and Emotion” at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock

2004-2008

Postdoc at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock

2005-2008

Training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy at the University of Greifswald, Germany; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alfons Hamm

2008-2009

Senior Research Fellow for Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology at the University of Zürich, Switzerland

2010-2014

Training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg, Germany; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel

2012

Habilitation (Venia legendi for Psychology). Title of habilitation thesis: “Behavioral and neural effects of oxytocin on human face perception and emotion recognition”

2014

State license in psychotherapy (Approbation)

2009-2016

Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany

2009-2016

Research Group Leader at the Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany

2016-present

Full Professor at the University of Trier, Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology