1995 - 1999 Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany:

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Botany
• Environmental Law

1999 - 2001 University of California Los Angeles, USA:

• Conservation Biology
• Biogeography

B.Sc. („Vordiplom“) 1997 – Biology, University of Jena (Germany).

M.Sc. („Diplom“) 2001 – Biology, University of Jena (Germany). Thesis: Invasion Biology of a Species with Low Mobility – the Mediterranean Terrestrial Snail Otala lactea in Southern California.