• 09/1998–12/2003 Undergraduate Dental Education, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany, Elective University-Hospital Charité Berlin, Germany (Prof. Dr. mult. J. Bier), Elective University-Hospital Zürich, Switzerland (Dr. G. Pajarola)
• 01/2004–12/2004 Postgraduate Program, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Muenster, Germany (Prof. Dr. Dr. F. Bollmann)
• 01/2005–09/2005 Dentist, Private Dental Clinic DDS Bengtson, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 10/2005–09/2008 Postgraduate Program, Department of Periodontology & Implant Therapy, University of Muenster, Germany (Prof. Dr. B. Ehmke)
• 03/2008–04/2008 Elective Department of Periodontology, Tufts University Boston, USA (Dr. T. J. Griffin)
• 10/2008–09/2011 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Hamburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. G. Heydecke)
• 11/2011–03/2012 Scholarship „International Team for Implantology“ (ITI-Scholar), Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. U. Brägger)
• 04/2012–07/2014 Senior Lecturer, Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. U. Brägger)
• 01/2014–03/2014 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA (Dr. G.O. Gallucci, DMD, PhD)
• since 08/2014 Senior Lecturer, Department of Reconstructive Dentistry & Gerodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. U. Brägger)
• since 06/2015 Head, Section for Digital Reconstructive Technology + Implant Dentistry [DiRecT + ID], University of Bern, Switzerland
• Since 01/2016 Director, Postgraduate Education Program at the Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland

• 2004 Promotion Dr. med. dent.
• 2008 Gebietsbezeichnung „Fachzahnarzt für Parodontologie“ (ZÄK WL)
• 2009 Specialist in Periodontology (DGP)
• 2010 Specialist in Prosthodontics (DGPro)
• 2011 Specialist in Implant Dentistry (DGI)
• 2012 Master of Science in Prosthetic Dentistry & Biomaterials (University of Greifswald)
• 2016 Habilitation ‘Private-Docent – Venia Docendi’ [PhD] (University of Bern)
• Specialization in Dental and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (EPA)

Awards

• Honorary Associate Professor – University of Siena, Italy 2016
• Research Prize Award SGI – Swiss Society of Implantology 2013
• Research Prize Award SSRD – Swiss Society of Reconstructive Dentistry 2013

Memberships

German Boards of General Dentistry (DGZMK), Implantology (DGI), Prosthodontics (DGPro), and Periodontology (DGP), Board Member of Directors Digital Dentistry Society (DDS), International Academy for Digital Dental Medicine (IADDM), European Association of Osseointegration (EAO), European Prosthodontic Association (EPA), International College of Prosthodontics (ICP), Fellow & Study-Club Director International Team for Implantology (ITI), Associate Fellow Greater New Yorker Academy of Prosthodontics (GNYAP)