Since 2012: TU-Braunschweig, iBMB, Division of Organic and Wooden Based Materials - Conducting an industrial research project in the field of building material development. Scientific and technical supervision of the X-ray Analysis, Electron Microscopy/Microanalysis, and Light Microscopy laboratories of the department. Contact person for asbestos-related issues.
2010-2012: Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Braunschweig - Technical supervision of the X-ray Analytical Laboratory and sample preparation at the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Crop and Soil Science.
1995-2010: TU-Braunschweig, iBMB, Department of Structure and Application of Building Materials - Scientific and technical supervision of the X-ray Analysis, Electron Microscopy/Microanalysis, and Light Microscopy laboratories of the department. Expertise on sewage sludge as a byproduct of wastewater treatment and the state of utilization in the Federal Republic of Germany, conducted on behalf of Dyckerhoff Baustoffsysteme GmbH, Wiesbaden. Conducting the DFG research project: "Mechanisms of immobilization of pollutants (heavy metals) in hydraulic binders." Grant number: Gr672/12-2.
1995: TU-Braunschweig, Institute of Mineralogy - Awarded the academic degree of Diplom-Mineraloge (Dipl.-Min.). Major subjects: Petrology and General Mineralogy. Minor subjects: Geology and Building Material Chemistry. Diploma thesis: "Investigations for the identification of heavy metal phases in untreated and cement-treated residues from hazardous waste incineration."