Jan 2006 - present Director Research Antiparasitics, MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Schwabenheim, Germany Jan 2003 – Dec 2005 Head of Profiling Endoparasitics group, Intervet Innovation GmbH Aug 2001 – Dec 2002 Head of Protozoology laboratory, Intervet Innovation GmbH May 2001 - Dec 2002 Clinical Research Manager, Intervet Innovation GmbH Jul 1998 - Apr 2001 Post-Doctoral Fellow (Research Fellowship of the Karl-Enigk-Foundation) Institute for Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany May 1996 - Jun 1998 Research Associate and Lecturer (3rd year students) Institute for Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany 2006 Diplomate European Veterinary Parasitology College 2001 Specialisation as German veterinary parasitologist 1997-1998 Postgraduate college "Cell and Molecular Biology in Veterinary Medicine" of the German Research Council 1996-1998 Fellowship of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation 1995-1998 Advanced postgraduation education, main course parasitology (equivalent to PhD) 1998 Doctor medicinae veterinariae (Dr. med. vet) Institute for Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany 1994 Veterinary degree, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany