since 09/2010	Professor at TH Mittelhessen, University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Sciences
02/2010	Doctorate from the University of Rostock: Intuitive Interaction Using Video-based Gesture Recognition
2008-2010	Lecturer for computer graphics and computer sciences at University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany and scientific researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD), Germany.
2001-2008	Scientific researcher at the Computer Graphics Center ZGDV e.V. Darmstadt and visiting lecturer for computer graphics at University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany
12/2000	Diploma thesis “Evaluation of Active Shape Models for Gesture Recognition” (Diploma Award 2000)
1997-2000	Studies of Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany