- Group Manager S2S Sputtering & PECVD / Division Plasma Technology at Fraunhofer FEP Dresden 
- started as project manager at Fraunhofer FEP Dresden in 2006
- Dissertation at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Engineering science in 2006 
  (Plasma ion-assisted evaporation processes for optical coatings on bisphenol-A polycarbonate; at Fraunhofer IOF Jena)
- Fraunhofer IOF Jena 2002-2006
- Diploma of Optometry / Dept. Precision engineering at University of Applied Sciences Jena 2002
- Key activities:
  reactive pulse-magnetron sputtering and PECVD of optical coatings;
  optical multilayer design and optical coating characterization; 
  coating on ultrathin flexible glass;