| 2005 | Habilitation, Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin |
| | Thesis: Constructive, Enumerative, and Randomized Methods in Computational Topology |
| | Committee: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Grötschel,
Prof. Dr. John M. Sullivan,
and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Jörg M. Wills |
| 1999 | Ph.D., Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin |
| | Thesis: Triangulated Manifolds with Few Vertices and Vertex-Transitive Group Actions |
| | Advisor: Prof. Dr. Günter M. Ziegler |
| | Second referee: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kühnel |
| 1995 | Diplom, Mathematics, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| | Thesis: Beispiele nichtkommutativer Geometrien |
| | Advisor: Dr. Martin Mathieu |
| 1993 | M.Sc., Mathematics (Mathematical Physics), King's College London |
| | Thesis: Symmetry Groups and Cohomology in Quantum Physics |
| | Advisor: Emeritus Professor Raymond F. Streater |
| 2010-2012 | Visiting Associate Professor, BTU Cottbus |
| 2007-2008 | Visiting Full Professor, TU Dortmund |
| 2006 | General Member, MSRI, Berkeley |
| 2006 | Visiting Associate Professor, BTU Cottbus |
| 2006-present | Lecturer, TU Berlin |
| 2005-present | Member of the Research Group
Polyhedral Surfaces |
| 1999 - 2005 | Research Assistent, TU Berlin, |
| | Member of the Optimization Group at ZIB |