Deputy Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Crime Investigations and Criminal Justice (CCICJ)
Head of Research Group I “Money Laundering and White-Collar Crime
2023 – 2024
Lecturer at Hanse Law School (a cooperation between Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg and the University of Groningen)
2023
Appointed to the Hochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung Bremen (University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration Bremen
2022
Lecturer at the German Judges Academy in Trier
2021 – present
Lecturer at the Federal Finance Academy in Brühl
2014 -2023
Lecturer at the Hochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung Bremen in police training and continuing education
2013 – 2023
Prosecutor at the Bremen Public Prosecutor’s Office:
initially responsible for general criminal and juvenile cases
then for several years in the department combating organized crime (including human trafficking, cybercrime, asset recovery, animal and environmental law)
finally for several years in the economic crime department (including trademark offenses, violations of foreign trade law, illegal employment, tax offenses, and major trials)
Temporarily seconded as Head of Department to the Senator for Justice and Constitution in Bremen
Additionally, served for several years as a judge at the Service Court and special commissioner for liability cases
2013
Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at the University of Osnabrück on the topic: “The Development of the Federal Intelligence Service – Historical Influences, Foundations, and Limits of Its Competencies.”
2011 – 2013
Legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the Berlin Court of Appeal (Kammergericht), including placements at the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Department for International Counter-Terrorism Affairs)
2010 – 2011
Master’s degree in International Business Law (LL.M.) at the University of Hull (England) with a thesis on combating the financing of international terrorism
2010
Supplementary studies in Administrative Sciences at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer
2008 – 2010
Research assistant (criminology/forensics) and correctional assistant at the University of Osnabrück
2008 – 2009
Master’s program in Economic Criminal Law (LL.M.) at the University of Osnabrück with a thesis in the field of copyright criminal law
2003 – 2008
Studied Law at the University of Osnabrück (Dipl.-Jur.) with a focus on economic criminal law, additional training in economics, specialized English language training, and simultaneous work as a student assistant (criminology/forensics)
