University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
| 2022+2023 | DAAD-funded research stays at the Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. |
| since 2021: | Deputy Vice Dean for the Study of Dentistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. |
| 2020 | Visiting Academic, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 2019 | SERASMUS+ guest lecturer at the Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. |
| since 2018 | Director of the Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. |
| 2018+2019 | DAAD-funded research stays at the São Paulo State University – UNESP, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. |
| 2018 | Call to professorship in operative dentistry and periodontology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany (accepted). |
| 2017 | Noel Martin Visiting Chair, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 2015-2018 | Head of Section of Experimental Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany. |
| 2013 | Call to professorship in periodontology at Charité, Berlin, Germany (declined). |
| 2009 | Call to professorship in Experimental Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany (accepted). |
| 2008-2015 | Head of Clinical Research Unit 208 “Aetiology and Sequelae of Periodontal Diseases – Genetic, Cell Biological and Biomechanical Aspects”, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany. |
| 2006-2008 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany. |
| 2003-2006 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2004-2005 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Section of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2003 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Section of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2002-2003 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Division of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
| 2000 | Periodontology Specialty License, German Society of Periodontology. |
| 1999-2002 | Associate Professor, Dept. of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany. |
| 1998-1999 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany. |
| 1997 | Doctorate Thesis: “Cytokine Release from Human Bone and PDL Cells in Response to LPS from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans”, Department of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Free University Berlin, Germany. |
| 1995-1998 | Assistant Professor, Dept. Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Humboldt University Berlin (Charité), School of Dentistry, Germany. |
| 1994-1995 | Research Fellowship, Dept. of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Humboldt University Berlin (Charité), Germany. |
| 1994 | Dental License, Free University Berlin, Germany. |