Education

2003 - 2013 PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden: Polychrome Interiors of Syrian 17^th - 19^th century Private Homes - Art Technology and Conservation Issues of ajamī Interiors, supervisors: Prof. Dipl. Rest. Dr. Ulrich Schießl, Prof. Dr. Thomas Danzl

1995 Diploma (master) in conservation of polychrome wooden objects at Academy of Fine Arts Dresden: Examination, Conservation and Restoration of a Set of 19^th century Javanese Dancing Masks of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden, supervisor: Prof. Dipl. Rest. Dr. Ulrich Schießl

1990 – 1995 Academy of Fine Arts Dresden: studies in conservation of polychrome wooden objects

1989 – 1990 Internship in the conservation studio of the Cultural Heritage Agency Berlin, supervisor: Wolf-Dieter Kunze

1988 – 1989  Internship in a joiners workshop in Schwedt/Oder

1988  University entrance diploma (Abitur), Erweiterte Oberschule „Carl Friedrich Gauß“, Schwedt/Oder