| 2021 - | Reader in Music Production (Lecturer 2017-2018, Senior Lecturer 2018-2021) at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom |
| 2021 - 2024 | Visiting Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom |
| 2019 - | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany |
| 2017 - 2019 | Guest Lecturer, Pop and Rock, Berne University of the Arts, Switzerland |
| 2015 - 2017 | Interim Professor of Music Education at Bielefeld University, Germany |
| 2015 - 2016 | Guest Lecturer in Music Theory at Muenster University, Germany |
| 2012 - 2015 | Lecturer and Course Leader in Music, INI Berufskolleg (Vocational College), Lippstadt, Germany |
| 2011 - 2018 | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
| 2011 - 2013 | Research Assistant, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
| 2006 - 2012 | Lecturer and Course Leader of the Guitar Programme, Modern Music School, Brilon, Germany |
| 2008 - | Freelance musician, music producer, sound engineer and recording studio operator |
| 2023 | Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK and the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Germany for the project “Songwriting Camps in the 21st Century” (SC21) as Principal Investigator (with Prof Michael Ahlers & Dr Simon Barber) |
| 2022 | Funding from the European Union (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK for the project “Extreme Metal Vocals: Musical Expression, Technique, and Cultural Meaning” (EMV) as Principal Investigator (with Dr Eric Smialek) |
| 2022 | Funding from the European Union (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK for the project “The Impact of Digitization and Online Spaces on Women's Electric Guitar Practice” as Principal Investigator (initially as Co-Investigator) (with Dr Gabrielle Kielich) |
| 2020 | Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for the project “Heaviness in Metal Music Production” (HiMMP) as Principal Investigator (with Dr Mark Mynett) |
| 2020 | Nomination as Times Higher Education “Research Supervisor of the Year” by the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield |
| 2016 | Nomination for the Karl Peter Grotemeyer prize at Bielefeld University for outstanding achievements and personal commitment in higher education teaching |
| 2014 | Master of Arts 1st class with distinction |
| 2012 | Award for outstanding teaching at Paderborn University |
| 2024 | Habilitation (Higher Doctorate by Publication) in Musicology, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, GER Commentary title: The Electric Guitar in Rock Music: Guitar Playing, Technology, and Culture and a portfolio comprising 3 books, 4 journal articles and 3 chapters (submitted) |
| 2023 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD by Publication) in Music, University of Huddersfield, UK Commentary title: Metal Music in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s and 1990s: Record Production, Industry, and Heritage and a portfolio comprising 10 peer-reviewed journal articles and 3 chapters (download) |
| 2018 | Full member of the Audio Engineering Society (MAES) |
| 2018 | Certified Mental Health First Aider in Higher Education (MHFA England) |
| 2016 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) |
| 2015 | Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching (PGCHE), Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: Communication and Construction of Knowledge in the University Lecture: A Quantitative Study on the Emergence of Knowledge through Communicative Lecturing Methods (translation) |
| 2014 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Popular Music and Media (distinction), Paderborn University, Germany Master's thesis: Distortion as a "Revolution" in Rock Music's Guitar Playing: An Experimental and Analytic Study on the Effect of Distortion on Playing Technique, Composition and Cognition (translation) |
| 2014 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Popular Music Education, Paderborn University, Germany Dissertation title: Network Sound: Listening, Culture, Practice. An Educational Challenge of Popular Music (translation) |
| 2011 | 1. Staatsexamen (equals B.A. and M.Ed.) in Music and English, Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: The Computer as a Tool for the Activity-Oriented Music Education (translation) |
| 2006 | Certificate, Guitar Programme, Los Angeles Music Academy, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2005 | Diploma, Guitar Programme, Munich Guitar Institute, Cologne, Germany |