Since 2021 Associate Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
2012 – 2021 Assistant Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
2008 – 2012 Postdoc at the University of Cologne, Department Psychology, Social Psychology II: Communication and Media Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gary Bente)
2006 – 2008 Postdoc at the Saarland University, Department Psychology, Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Magret Wintermantel)
2002 – 2006 PhD candidate at the Saarland University, Department Psychology, Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Magret Wintermantel)
2001 – 2002 Scientific assistant at the Freiburg University, Department Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, “GLOWA-danube” (BMBF)
2001 – 2001 Student assistant at the Saarland University, Department Psychology, Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Magret Wintermantel)
2001 – 2001 Student tutor for Quantitative Methods II, Diagnostic and Differential Psychology (Prof. Dr. Werner Tack)
2000 – 2000 Student assistant for evaluation of the software “Ganimal”
1999 – 2000 Student tutor for the evaluation of the psychological courses of the Saarland University, Diagnostic and Differential Psychology (Prof. Dr. Werner Tack)
1997 –1999 Student tutor for Quantitative Methods I and II and SPSS, Diagnostic and Differential Psychology
2. Positions, Work Awards and Qualifications
2020 – 2025 Chair of the Examination Board of ESHCC
2017 – 2025 Member of the Examination Board of ESHCC
2008 – 2012 Member of the Examination Board of Psychology department, Cologne University
2005 – 2008 Member of the BA/MA programme Committee (replacement of the Psychology Diplom Programme at the Saarland University)
2018 Award from HR department for excellent research in 2017
2020 Award from HR department for high work quality despite extreme personal
circumstances in 2019
2017 – 2019 Chair of the Game Studies Division of the International Communication Association
2015 – 2017 Vice Chair of the Game Studies Division of the International Communication Association
2022 Ius Promovendi (ESHCC)
2021 Senior Examination Qualification (finished in March 2021)
2015 University Teaching Qualification
2013 Habilitation and venia legendi
Habilitation publication: Brothers in arms? Moderator variables, protective perception, addiction, and positive effects of digital games.
Habilitation lecture: And the memory remains: Terror Management Theorie, kognitive Distraktion und Mediennutzung [And the memory remains: Terror management theory, cognitive distraction, and media usage.]
May 2006 PhD, Dr. phil., summa cum laude (0.33)
September 2005 Submission of the dissertation thesis
Kausale Relationen im Persongedächtnis [Causal relations in person memory] (opus eximium)
2001 Diploma (Major: Psychology, Minor: Computer Science), final grade: A, 1.2