| Year | Event |
| 1967 |
Born in Rehau, Germany. |
| 1987 |
Abitur in Gars, Inn |
| 1994 |
State exam biology, chemistry, educational science, LMU Munich |
| 1995 |
Certified research diver (gepr. Forschungstaucher) |
| 1996 |
Certified diving instructor (staatl. gepr. Fachsportlehrer Tauchen) |
| 2000 |
PhD thesis @ LMU Munich (work group Prof. Smola), scholarship KAS |
| 2003 |
Postdoc @ Bio-Imaging-Zentrum of the LMU Munich (work group Prof. Uhl) |
| 2004 |
Research assistant @ LMU Munich (work group Prof. Haszprunar, Systematic Zoology) |
| 2006 + 2019 |
Teaching award of the faculty |
| 2009 |
Habilitation |
| 2010 |
Assistant professor @ LMU Munich (work group Prof. Haszprunar, Systematic Zoology) |
| 2019 |
Professor (apl) @ LMU Munich (work group Special Zoology) |
| 2021-2024 |
Professor (W2, substitute) @ LMU Munich |
| 2019 |
Professor (apl) @ LMU Munich (work group Special Zoology) |