| 1971 | Born in Goch , Niederrhein. Grown up in Till-Moyland. |
| 1978-1982 | St. Stephanus Grundschule Hasselt, Gemeinde Bedburg-Hau. |
| 1982-1991 | Gymnasium Kalkar. |
| 1991-1996 | Study of Civil-Engineering (Uni-GH Essen). |
| 1997-2000 | PhD-student at Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin. | 13.04.2000 | PhD-defense at
Technical University Berlin. Title of the talk: Makroskopische Beschreibung von Adsorptions-Diffusions-Vorgängen in porösen Körpern. |
Examination committee:
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| 2000-2005 | Researcher at Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin. |
| 06-11/2005 | Researcher at
BGR (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe,
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), Hannover. |
| 2005-2009 | "Eigene Stelle" i.e. temporary position as principal investigator funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at TU Berlin, Chair of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. |
| 03/06-06/06 | Guest Researcher at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Joint work with Professor Jacob Bear. |
| 2009-2012 | Researcher at TU Berlin, Chair of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. | 25.01.2010 | Habilitation in mechanics at the Technical University Berlin. | Habilitation committee:
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| 2012-2015 | Einstein Junior Fellowship funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin at TU Berlin, Chair of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. |
| 13.08.2013 | Award of the venia legendi in mechanics at TU Berlin. |
| since 10/2015 | Deputy head of the department Geotechnical Engineering at University of Duisburg-Essen. |
| 03.02.2016 | Approval of the habilitation in mechanics and award of the venia legendi in mechanics by the University of Duisburg-Essen. |
| 26.07.2017 | Verleihung der Bezeichnung außerplanmäßige Professorin auf Beschluss des Fakultätsrates der Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen. |