since 02/2021
Permanent Research and Teaching Fellow ("Akademischer Rat auf Lebenszeit") in the Department of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
04/2020 - 09/2020
Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Studies "Human Abilities" by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
early 2019
Assistant Professorship ("Juniorprofessur", for 3+3 years, with tenure track) in the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at TU Dortmund University (declined in favor of an
improved offer from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
03/2018 - 01/2021
Assistant Professor ("Juniorprofessur", for 4+2 years, with tenure track) in the Department of Philosophy at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (ended in favor of the permanent position in
Düsseldorf)
04/2017 - 02/2018
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") in the Department of Philosophy at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, associated with the Chair of Theoretical
Philosophy, Prof. Wolfgang Barz
10/2016 - 03/2017
Stand-in Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (succeeding Prof. Holm Tetens) in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin (same offer in 2015 declined in favor of the position
in Münster)
10/2015 - 09/2016
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben") in the Department of Philosophy at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
10/2014 - 04/2015
Parental Leave
10/2009 - 09/2015
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin, associated with the Chair of Theoretical
Philosophy, Prof. Holm Tetens
10/2008 - 08/2009
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
10/2005 - 08/2007
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
Awards
2024 Teaching Award by Heinrich
Heine University Düsseldorf in the category "Kleine Veranstaltungen mit partizipativem Charakter" (small participatory classes) for the seminar "Descartes, Meditationen" (Descartes,
Meditations)
08/2014
PhD in philosophy from Freie Universität Berlin
overall grade "summa cum laude"
Dissertation "The Concept of Competence. A Rylean Responsibilist Account of Know-how", Supervisors Prof. Holm Tetens and Prof. Tobias Rosefeldt, submitted 05/2014
05/2009
Master's Degree from Freie Universität Berlin
overall grade “sehr gut” (1.0)
MA Thesis “Consequences of Deflationism. A Study of Robert Brandom's Anaphoric Theory of Truth and Reference”, Supervisors Prof. Holm Tetens and Prof. Georg Bertram, submitted 02/2009
09/2007 - 06/2008
Visiting Graduate Student at Stanford University, USA
10/2003 - 05/2009
Studies in Philosophy (Major), Political Science and Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin
03/2002
Highest German Secondary School Degree (Abitur) at Max-von-Laue Gymnasium in Koblenz, overall grade “gut” (1.7)
Fellowships
09/2007 - 06/2008
Travel Grant by the German-American Fulbright Commission for Visiting Studies at Stanford University
09/2007 - 06/2008
Foreign Exchange Fellowship by Stanford University for Autumn, Winter and Spring terms
01/2006 - 06/2009
Fellowship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)