Curriculum Vitae:

• 2001 – 2004: Abitur (high school diploma) in Business Administration and Economics from Berufskolleg der Stadt Bottrop (NRW, Germany)
• Oct 2004 – Sep 2009: Diplom (graduate degree) in International Economics from Kiel University
• May 2007 – Aug 2007: Student assistant in the e-journal project at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
• Aug 2007 – Jun 2008: Erasmus exchange student at Jönköping University’s International Business School (Sweden)
• Jun 2008 – Oct 2008: Intern in the department on international activities in Scandinavia at Deutsche Bahn AG (railway company) in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen, Germany)
• 2009: Diploma thesis on the fragmentation of production processes and the choice of location (“Fragmentierung des Produktionsprozesses und Standortwahl”)
• Jun 2010 – Aug 2010: Studies in Political Sciences and International Relations at Boston University (MA, USA)
• Apr 2011 – Jun 2018: Teaching/research assistant at the Institute for Regional Science, Environmental and Resource Economics
• Apr 2011 – Oct 2018: Student in the doctoral program “Quantitative Economics” at CAU Kiel