Curriculum Vitae
| 1973 | born in Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1993 | A-levels (the German "Abitur") |
| 1995-1998 | Carpenter's apprenticeship in Mainz, Germany; practical in Dijon, France |
| 1998-1999 | Practical with the guitar maker Stefan Schlemper in Worpswede, Germany |
| 1999-2003 | Course in applied art and the construction of musical instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany Practical with Rolf Eichinger in Granada, Spain Course in guitar building with Paco Santiago Marin in Cordoba, Spain Prize for the best final mark of the year |
| 2003 | Master of Letters from the Chamber of Crafts, Chemnitz, Germany |
| Since 2004 | Own guitar making atelier in Leipzig |
| 2004 | Talent prize for technology from the Munich International Fair, Germany |
| 2004-2005 | Teacher at the Musical Instruments Academy in Moss, Norway |
| 2005-2011 | Distance course for a diploma restorer at the HTW in Berlin, Germany |
| 2006-2008 | Teacher of musical instrument construction in Markneukirchen, Germany |
| 2007 | 2006Design prize from the federal state of Saxony, Germany Prize and distinction from the Ad rem youth jury |
| seit 2008 | freelance work at Leipzip university's museum of musical instruments, Germany; musical analysis of the museum's collection of guitars in preparation for a museum catalogue |
| seit 2009 | Lecturer in making musical instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany, specialising in restauration |
| 2011 | HTW Berlin / diploma for the restoration of historical instruments |
