Since Apr 2020

Associate Professor (with tenure track)

Institute of Sports Science, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

• since Oct 2025 - Tenured position
• 2020 - 2025 - Tenure track position

2017 - 2020 

Research Associate 

Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2015 - 2017

Post-doctoral Researcher

Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Group, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia

2013 – 2015 

Post-doctoral Researcher

Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2011 (2 months)

Visiting Scholar

College of Health and Human Development, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

2009 – 2013

Research Scholar 

Research Training Group 1091 “Orientation and motion in space”, University Hospital Munich Großhadern, Germany 

2007 - 2008 (5 months)

Visiting Scholar

Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

My research is grounded on the concept of embodiment and focuses on two different topics: motor decision making and joint action. In this context, I am especially interested in the influence of age-related changes in cognitive and motor functioning on movement coordination.