1992-1997 HTBLA Eisenstadt (secondary modern school with technical focus, special subject Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, final examination with excellence)

1998-2001 working for Messphysik Materials Testing in Fuerstenfeld at the R&D department

2001-2007 study of Mechanical Engineering - Economics at Graz University of Technology (special subject "Energy and Environmental Management Technology"), 2007 Master Thesis at the the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics; Title: Control of a Re-Heated Combustion Test Rig (with excellence)

2003-2004 Erasmus exchange programme at the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough, UK

2004-2006 Graduate Student Assistantship at the Institute of Strength of Materials

Since June 2007 research assistant at the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics (EU-Project NEWAC)