From June 2002 to July 2011 Food editor for the consumer magazine Ökotest
1998 to 2002 and 1994 to 1996 Freelance work as a journalist /PR consultant /editor specialized in food, health and the environment
1996 to 1998 Editor of customer magazines (Eltern/Kind – parent-child; Drogerie – chemist’s shop) at Stoof-Verlag publishers, Cologne
1992 to 1994 Editor and PR consultant in the press office Pressebüro Dr. Mühleib, Geich near Cologne, for customers including REWE (retailers) and Annemarie Börlind (natural cosmetics)
1991 to 1992 Junior PR consultant for food issues at MasterMedia agency, Hamburg, for customers including Union Deutsche Lebensmittelwerke and Mars GmbH
1989 to 1991 Trainee at cosmetics journal Beauty Forum, published by G. Braun-Verlag, Karlsruhe
1983 to 1988 Studies in Food Science at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a Diplom degree in Ecotrophology. Main internship at the Hamburg consumer advice centre