Vita

08/2012:

Doctoral degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

02/2012:

Defense of Ph.D. thesis with the title “Positive psychology at work: The role of character strengths for positive behavior and positive experiences at the workplace” (http://opac.nebis.ch/ediss/20121500.pdf)

09/2008 – 02/2012:

Ph.D. student, Section on Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, head: Professor Dr. W. Ruch

09/2006:

Diploma in psychology (equal to MSc)

Diploma thesis with the title “Zur Validität elternbasierter Intelligenztestungen bei Grundschulkindern” [On the validity of parent-administered intelligence tests in primary school children] supervised by Prof. Dr. A. Angleitner

10/2000 – 09/2006:

Studies of psychology at University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

From 10/2014 on:

Substitution of a full professorship (interim professorship) of Psychological Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

04/2013 – 09/2014:

Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, head: Professor Dr. E. S. Huebner

10/2012 – 03/2013:

Substitution of a full professorship (interim professorship) of Educational and Health Psychology, Institute of Human Sciences, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

10/2006 – 09/2012:

Teaching and research associate, Section on Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, head: Professor Dr. W. Ruch

01/2004 – 09/2006:

Student assistant, Section on Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. W. G. Maier

09/2002 – 09/2006:

Student assistant, Section on Individual Differences, Personality Psychology and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. A. Angleitner

04/2013-09/2014:

The role of teachers’ character strengths for their own and their students’ positive experiences at school; fellowship for prospective researchers awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF; Project Nr PBZHP1_147249)

06/2011-12/2013:

Positive Psychologie am Arbeitsplatz: Zur inkrementellen Vorhersage beruflicher Leistung mittels Charakterstärken über Intelligenz hinaus [Positive psychology at the workplace: The incremental validity of character strengths beyond intelligence in the prediction of job performance], Suzanne and Hans Biäsch Foundation for Applied Psychology (Project Nr 2011/09)

12/2008-12/2010:

Validierung des OTH und des VIA-IS in verschiedenen Berufen anhand Extremgruppenvalidierung [Extreme group validation of the OTH and VIA-IS in different occupations], Suzanne and Hans Biäsch Foundation for Applied Psychology (Project Nr 2008/16)

05/2013-10/2013:

State Archives Zurich, Switzerland (Archive of the Canton of Zurich and its legal predecessors; employee survey and strengths-based team building)

03/2012-05/2012:

Heinrich-Schütz School, Kassel, Germany (employee survey on stress, strain, and satisfaction)

11/2011-07/2012:

Swisscom, Bern, Switzerland (positive psychology intervention)

02/2011-12/2011:

Iron Trader, USA (psychological assessment for traders)

06/2010:

Armasuisse, Switzerland (federal competence center for the procurement of technologically complex systems and equipment, security relevant technologies and quality management, the Real Estate DDPS, and the geographical reference data of Switzerland; employee survey and strengths-based team building)

06/2013:

Dissertation Award of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to positive psychology research (http://www.ippanetwork.com/wc-blog/student-scholarships-and-dissertation-awards/)

04/2013-09/2014:

Fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF; fellowship for prospective researchers)

2001-2002:

Scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation