Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
- 1970 born in Münster (Westfalen)
- 1989 A-levels
- 1990-1994 Studies of Near Eastern Archaeology, Pre- and Early Medieval History, and Assyriology in Heidelberg, Saarbrücken, and Cambridge. M. Phil. with a written thesis on „Problems with Ninevite 5 – on the definition of a cultural assemblage“.
- 1995-2000 Doctoral Studies in Münster. Titel of the dissertation „Metallobjekte der Bronzezeit aus Nord-Baktrien“.
- 2001-2002 Travel Grant of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI).
- 2004-2005 Lecturer in Jena and Moscow.
- 2005-2011 Assistant to the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at LMU Munich.
- since 2011 Managing Director of the Department of Ancient and Modern Cultures and researcher at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology
- 2021 State Doctorate in Near Eastern Archaeology
Foci of Interest
Bronze Age in the Middle East – Babylonia in the second and first Millennium BC – the Archaeology of Transcaucasia - Research History.