| 1994 - 2002 | Studies of Technical Mathematics at the University of Technology in Graz, Austria |
| 26.6.2002 | Graduation to "Diplom-Ingenieur" (similar to Master) |
| Diploma thesis on "Maximal spannende Baumprobleme mit einer Hierarchie von zwei Entscheidungsträgern" | |
| Supervisor: Bettina Klinz | |
| 2002 - 2004 | Doctoral Studies at the University of Technology in Graz, Austria |
| 29.10.2004 | Graduation to "Dr. techn." (similar to Ph.D.) |
| Ph.D. thesis on "Variants of the Assignment Problem and the Transportation Problem" | |
| Supervisor: Bettina Klinz | |
| 18.09.2009 | Habilitation (venia legendi) for "Applied Mathematics" |
| at the University of Technology in Graz, Austria | |
| Habilitation thesis on "Location problems with variable input data" | |
| Habilitation talk on "Inverse Optimization" |
| Jan.-March 2005 | Guest researcher at the AG Optimization, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| April-Sept. 2005 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Optimization and Discrete Mathematics, University of Technology Graz, Austria |
| Oct.-Dec. 2005 | Guest researcher at the Department of Computer Science, LS Prof. Dr. Michael Jünger University of Cologne, Germany |
| Jan.-June 2006 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Optimization and Discrete Mathematics, University of Technology Graz, Austria |
| Jan.-June 2008 | Guest researcher at the AG Optimization, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| July 2006-Sept. 2009 | Post Doc at the Department of Optimization and Discrete Mathematics, University of Technology Graz, Austria |