1997:
Dipl.-Angl. (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

2003:
Dr.phil. (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

2003 - :
Arts Computing Advisor, Library and Information Services, University of St Andrews

Publications:

Book:

• The Novels of Thomas Hardy as a Product of Nineteenth-Century Social, Economic, and Cultural Change. Berlin: Tenea, 2004.

Essays and Translations

• "Hardy's First Experiences with American Publishers." The Thomas Hardy Journal. Vol XIX (May 2003): 42-44.
• "'A Young German Lady' and the 'Experienced Reviewer of that Country': Some Thoughts on Hardy in Early German Literary Criticism."The Thomas Hardy Journal. 17.2 (May 2001): 58-69.
• Thomas Hardy by August Weiß; Thomas Hardy by H. Linne (London) (Tranlated from the German); Thomas Hardy von August Weiß; Ein Besuch bei Thomas Hardy von H. Linne (London) (Transcribed). In: Morgan, Rosemarie (ed.). Days to Recollect: Essays in Honour of Robert Schweik (New Haven: The Hardy Association Press, 2000). 41-64.