- since 2023, University Professor for Systematic Musicology, Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität zu Köln
- 2021 – 2023 , University Professor for Systematic Musicology, Institut für Musik und Musikwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dortmund
- 2019 – 2023, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Department of Music, University of York, UK
- Since 2016 Director of York Music Psychology Group (YMPG), Department of Music, University of York, UK
- 2016 – 2019, Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of Music, University of York, UK
- 2015, Visiting Researcher, Music Cognition Lab, Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University, London, UK
- 2011 – 2015, Research Associate and Lecturer, Audio Communication Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2009 – 2011, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CIRMMT, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 2006 – 2009, Research Assistant at IMMM within DFG – Research Unit 499: “Acoustic Communication of Affects by Non-Human Mammals and Humans: Production, Perception and Neural Processing”
- 2003 – 2006, Student Assistant at “Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine” (IMMM) Hannover, Germany
Education and Qualifications
- 2016, Habilitation in Musicology TU Berlin, Germany
- 2009, Doctor of Philosophy; Title of PhD-thesis: “Investigating Social Effects on Emotional Experience in Music Listening Using Physiological and Web-based Psychological Methods“
- 2006 – 2009, PhD-Graduate School at Center for Systems Neuroscience Hannover
- 2006, Magister Artium Degree; Title of thesis: “Emotional Experiences During Music Listening: An Online Study of Continuous Emotion Measurement Using the Internet”
- 2001 – 2006, Hanover University of Music and Drama (HMT) Magister Artium program: Systematic Musicology, Media and Communication Science
- 2000, Abitur (German University Entrance Qualification) with majors: Music and Mathematics
- 1997 – 2000, Landesgymnasium für Musik Wernigerode – Specialized secondary school for music