Curriculum Vitae
Academic Degrees
| 2009 | Habilitation in Entrepreneurship (PD), European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel |
| 2006 | PhD in Management/Entrepreneurship (Dr. rer. pol.), University of Bamberg |
| 2004 | Diploma in Business Administration (Dipl.-Wirtschaftschemiker), Open University of Hagen |
| 2003 | PhD in Life Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Heidelberg |
| 1999 | Diploma in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chemiker), University of Karlsruhe |
Academic Career
| Since 04/2010 | Chair in Entrepreneurship, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Munich |
| 2008-2010 | Associate Director at the Max Planck Institute of Economics |
| 2007-2009 | Assistant Professor (Habilitand), European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel |
| 2007 | Representative of the Chair of Entrepreneurship (Lehrstuhlvertretung), European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel |
| 2005-2008 | Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics |
| 2005 | Visiting Scholar Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 2003-2005 | EXIST-HighTEPP Postgraduate Program, University of Bamberg |
| 2000-2004 | Studies of Business Administration, Open University of Hagen |
| 2002-2003 | Research Assistant, Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) |
| 1999-2002 | Research Assistant, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg |
| 1994-1999 | Studies of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich and University of Karlsruhe |
Honors and Awards
| 2012 | Best Reviewer Award for the year 2012, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice |
| 2008 | Wesley J. Howe Award for Excellence in Research on the Topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2007 | Gründungsforschungspreis des Förderkreises Gründungsforschung (FGF) (Entrepreneurship Research Award of the German Association for Entrepreurship Research) Fürther Ludwig-Erhard Prize awarded by Chancellor Merkel (more ) Haarmann Prize of the University of Bamberg |
| 2003-2005 | EXIST-HighTEPP Scholarship of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research |
| 2004 | Award of the Association for Applied and General Microbiology (VAAM) for best doctoral thesis |
| 1996-1999 | Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |