Curriculum Vitae

July 2007 - June 2010 Marie-Curie International Research Fellowship (European Commission) at Columbia University, New York

July 2007 - June 2008 Visiting Research Scholar at the newly founded "Institute for the Study of the Ancient World" (New York University) http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/scholars.htm

July 2006 Appointment to the Advisory Board of GAIN (German Academic International Network), the Cooperation of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)

July 2006 - June 2007 Post-doc Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Columbia University, New York

(for the same period): Post-doc Research Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (returned)

January 2006 - June 2006 Post-doc Research Fellowship (A.W. Mellon-Foundation) at Columbia University, New York

July 2005 - December 2005 Post-doc Research Fellowship (A.W. Mellon-Foundation) at the University of California, Berkeley

February - June 2005 Research Assistant (Fritz-Thyssen-
Foundation), Freie Universitaet Berlin

2005 Ph.D. at Friedrich-Schiller Universitaet Jena

2002-2005 Research Fellow of of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the postgraduate seminar "Leitbilder der Spaetantike" at  Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena
Dissertation: "The Christian Clergy in the Society of Later Roman Asia Minor"
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Ameling

2004 Fellowship of the Central European University for the course of Prof. Dr. Peter Brown et al. "Changing Intellectual Landscapes in Late Antiquity"

2003 Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at University College London

2002 Fellowship of the Commission of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Munich with Prof. Dr. W. Eck

2001 1st State Examination and M.A. exam at the University of Muenster
M.A. thesis: "The Moongod Men in Lydia and Phrygia - Foundation and Maintenance of Cultural Identity"

1999-2002 Student Assistant at the DFG-Sonderforschungsbereichs 493 "Funktionen von Religion in antiken Gesellschaften des Vorderen Orients" at the University of Muenster

1999-2000 ERASMUS-Fellowship at Università di Roma III, Rome

1995 - 2001 Student of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Muenster

1995 Abitur at Hannah-Arendt-Gymnasium, Lengerich