| since May 2015 | Research Associate (Arbeitsstellenleitung) in the academy project on ancient Egyptian italics (Altägyptische Kursivschriften) |
| 2009 to 2015 | Research Associate at the Institute of Egyptology and Ancient Oriental Studies of the JGU Mainz, Asyut Project (DFG) |
| 2005 to 2008 | Research Associate at the Department of Egyptology of the University of Cologne in the project “Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Graeco-Roman Egypt” [Trismegistos] (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation / Sofja Kovalevskaja Award) |
| 2001 to 2005 | Assistant at the Department of Egyptology at the University of Cologne (library, collection) |
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1996 to 2001 |
Research Associate at the Department of Egyptology of the University of Bonn in the joint project of the Universities of Bonn and Cologne: “Edition of the Egyptian Book of the Dead – from the New Kingdom of Egypt to the Roman Period” (DFG) http://totenbuch.awk.nrw.de |
| 1996 | M.A. at the University of Cologne (Egyptology, Classical Archeology, and Ancient History) |
Further professional activities
Teaching
Since 1998 various seminars and individual lectures in Egyptology
Object photography / digitizing
Since 1995 numerous campaigns in international museums and collections, focusing on the scientific processing and (digital) photography of papyri, ostraca, and other objects.
Exhibition supervision
11/2011 to 04/2012 Traveling exhibition “Tutankhamun – His tomb and the treasures” in Frankfurt am Main
09/2011 to 11/2012 “Egyptian Gardens”, Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne
07/2001 to 02/2002 “The Pyramid – House of Eternity”, Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne
1994 “Mummy and Computer”, “Museum X”, Röntgen-Museum, Remscheid
Exhibition concepts / educational concepts for museums
2009 and 2014 Participation in the exhibition concept “Es ist angerichtet” (part 1 + part 2), portrait photography by Monika Sandel
01/2012 “Discovering Egypt's treasures. Masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum Turin”, Historical Museum of the Palatinate, Speyer, participation in the conception for the exhibition object “Book of the Dead” (Totenbuch)
2007 to 2010 Museum X – Röntgen Museum, Remscheid (exhibition extension “A Mummy for Remscheid”), participation in the conception of children's programs, children's literature, and the adult lecture program
02/2001 Course for museum educators: “Egypt – The Doetsch Collection in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum”
Excursion leader
Since 1988 Excursions to Egyptian museums and collections in Germany and in other European countries
Public Relations / Adult Education
September 12/13, 2015
Science Market (Wissenschaftsmarkt) in Mainz, presentation of the project on Ancient Egyptian Italics with a campaign “Your Name in Hieroglyphics”
Since 2001
Various (non-university) lectures
12/1998
Initiator and co-founder of “Uschebti e.V.”, Association of Friends oft he Department of Egyptology at the University of Cologne [deputy chairperson (12/1998 to 07/2001) and chairperson (07/2001 to 02/2004)]
Since 1994
Organization and participation in information and action boothes focusing on Egyptology (including “Your Name in Hieroglyphs”) at various events
Other
Since 2001
Lecture moderations, exhibition openings
09/1994
Kestner Museum Hannover – Summer Seminar “Contact between ancient cultures in the Nile Valley: Alexandria and Rome” (tendered by Stiftung Niedersachsen)
March 1, 1993 to January 31, 1996
Student Assistant at the Department of Egyptology at the University of Cologne