| 1981 | born in Heidelberg |
| 1998 | 1 year exchange to Wakayama, Japan |
| 2001 | graduation from Gymnasium Wiesloch (~high school) |
| 2002 | enrollment with University of Leipzig |
| 2005-06 | Study abroad at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto |
| 2008 | graduation from University of Leipzig (master degree) |
| 2008-09 | CIR in Ichinomiya, Japan |
| 2009-10 | Webmaster at Leipzig University |
| 2010 | Scholarship at the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo |
| 2011-15 | Doctoral candidate at Heidelberg University/Karl Jaspers Center |
| 2011-12 | Research fellow/coordinator of Research Area C, Cluster “Asia and Europe”, Heidelberg |
| 2012-13 | Research fellow at the Global COE "The Intimate and the Public Spheres", Kyoto University |
| 2013-15 | Research fellow/graduate programme lecturer, Cluster “Asia and Europe”, Heidelberg |
| since 2015 | Senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
