EDUCATION

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Ph.D. (2010) Religious Studies With Highest Distinction (summa cum laude)

Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

M.A. (Magistra Artium) (2003) Religious Studies (major), Anthropology (minor), Sociology (minor)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Juni 2019 - present: Associate Professor Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands

September 2015 – May 2019: Assistant Professor Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands

May 2013 – August 2015: Junior Research Group Leader, Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,” Heidelberg University, Germany

Aug. 2010 – April 2013: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Religious Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany, Research Project “Modern Religious Experience Worlds” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

June 2007 – July 2010: Lecturer, Institute for Religious Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany

Oct. 2005 – May 2007: Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, Research Project “Buddhist Transformations in Germany” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

April 2004 – Sept. 2005: Lecturer, Institute for Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany