I am interested in the research fields of Aquatic Biogeochemistry, Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry, microbial ecology and (paleo-)limnology.

• 2019-2023: Head of Department, Department of Environmental Science, University of Basel
• 2017-2023: Board of directors (Departementsleitung), Department of Environmental Science, University of Basel 
• Since 2017: Full Professor, Department for Environmental Science, University of Basel
• 2018: Cox Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Systems Science, Stanford University
• 2014-2017: Dean of Research at the Faculty of Science at the University of Basel
• 2010-2016: Associate Professor, Department for Environmental Science, University of Basel
• 2007-2010: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department for Environmental Science, University of Basel
• 2004-2007: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Université de Québec à Montréal, Center for Research in Geochemistry and Geodynamics (GEOTOP-UQAMMcGill), Montréal, Canada.
• 2003 - 2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
• 2002: Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry/Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland.