born May 17th, 1967 in Vienna, married, one daughter
SINCE 01.09.2010: professor at the University of Kassel, department of human sciences
SINCE 01.06.2010: honorary member of the Federal Social Court
01.05.2008-30.04.2020: honorary member of the Constitutional Court of Schleswig-Holstein
2007-2010: professor at the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, department health, nursing, management
2006: lectureship at the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, department law and economics
2005-2006: substitution of a chair faculty of law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt on the Main
2005-2007: private lecturer at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; free publicist, consultant and lecturer
2005: postdoctoral lecture qualification for public law including European Union Law, Social Security Law and Health Care Law with the scripture „Disability and rehabilitation in the social constitutional state“ and the lecture „The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the municipal public services“
1999-2005: scientific assistant to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Igl at the institute for social law and social policy in europe of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
1996-1998: legal trainee at the higher regional court of Hamburg up to the second legal state examination
1997: graduation at the University of Hamburg as a Doctor of Laws (grade „summa cum laude“) with the work „Social security of the members of the German Bundestag, the parliaments of the Länder and of the German Members of the European Parliament„
1994-1997: scientific assistant to Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Bull and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Igl at the faculty Law II of the University of Hamburg
1993-1996: employee at an electoral district of Konrad Nabel, member of the parliament of Schleswig-Holstein
1991-1994: freelance at lawyers
1989-1993: studies at the faculty Law II of the University of Hamburg up to the first legal state examination
1987-1989: civilian service at the mobile social service of the Ahrensburg welfare center
1986: university-entrance diploma, Stormarnschule, Ahrensburg