I started with a MSc in Sports Science at the University of Kiel, after which I did a PhD in biomechanics and motor control in Paris. I went on to work in the Mechanical and Aerospace engineering faculty at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, before going to Qatar to work at ASPETAR, an orthopaedic hospital as head of research for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, looking at how rehabilitation procedures help athletes during recovery from ACL injury and surgery. I came back to Kiel in 2017, when I took up my current position as deputy lead of the Neurogeriatrics research group with Prof. Walter Maetzler.