| 2013 | Associate Professor at the Medical University of Graz |
| 2013 | Specialization in Cardiology |
| 2011 | Vice Director and Key Researcher Basic Science of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Translational Heart Failure Research |
| 2010 | Assistant Professor at the Medical University of Graz |
| 2010 | Specialization in Internal Medicine |
| 2010 | Fellow at the Dept. of Cardiology of the Medical University of Graz |
| 2008 | Habilitation in Internal Medicine |
| 2007 -2010 | Resident at the Dept. of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
| 2005 -2007 | Resident at the Dept. of Internal Medicine of the University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 2001 -2005 | Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Leuven, Belgium (Lab of Experimental Cardiogy, Prof. K. Sipido) in cooperation with the Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Essen, Germany (Prof. G. Heusch) |
| 2001 | Medical Thesis Defense at the University of Göttingen,Germany |
| 2000 -2001 | Advanced Studies Master Degree of Medical Imaging, University of Leuven, Belgium |
| 1999 -2000 | Resident at the Dept. of Medicine, University of Essen, Germany |
| 1994 -1997 | United States Medical Licensing Exam, Steps 1 and 2 |
| 1991 -1998 | Medical School, University of Göttingen |
| 2004 | PhD Stipendium (Final Year) der Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| 2002 | Posterpreis - Joint Meeting der Physiological Society, Scandinavian Physiological Society und der Deutschen Physiologischen Gesellschaft |
| 2000 | Hannelore-Stübler-Preis - Stipendium der Herz-und-Kreislaufstiftung Essen e.V. |
| 2013 -2015 | Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskuläre Biologie und Thromboseforschung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie Stellvertretender Vorsitzender |
| 2013 -2015 | DGK AG Myokardiale Funktion und Energetik Nukleus |
| 2014 -2014 | Heart Failure Association der ESC Full member |
| 2012 -2014 | MUG PhD Programm MOLIN Curricular Committee Mitglied |
| 2010 -2014 | ESC Arbeitsgruppe zelluläre kardiale Elektrophysiologie Mitglied |
| 2010 -2014 | European Heart Rhythm Association Mitglied |
| 2010 -2014 | Biophysical Society Mitglied |
| 2007 -2014 | Europäische Gesellschaft für Kardiologie Mitglied |
| 2011 -2013 | Österreichische Biophysikalische Gesellschaft Mitglied |
| 2007 -2012 | ESC Arbeitsgruppe Myokardfunktion Mitglied |
| 2000 -2012 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie Mitglied |
| 2010 -2010 | Heart Rhythm Society Mitglied |
| 2008 -2010 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin Mitglied |
| 2014 -2014 | MEDICINE: Academic Editor |
| 2013 -2014 | CARDIO NEWS AUSTRIA: Editorial Board Member |
| 2012 -2014 | JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY: Editorial Board Member |
| 2004 -2014 | BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY |
| 2010 -2014 | JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY |
| 2011 -2014 | BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL |
| 2012 -2014 | JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS: JOVE |
| 2014 -2014 | JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY |
| 2009 -2013 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY |
| 2009 -2013 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY |
| 2012 -2013 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM |
| 2011 -2011 | ARTIFICIAL ORGANS |
| 2009 -2009 | CASE REPORTS IN MEDICINE |
| 2014 -2014 | Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) - Belgium |
| 2012 -2012 | Österreichische Nationalbank - Austria |
| 2014 | Heart Failure Association - Winter Meeting on Basic and Translational Research Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2013 | Symposium on Mitochondria, Calcium and the Heart Organisator |