Vita

Academic education

08/2012: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

02/2012: Defense of Ph.D. thesis with the title “The good character in German-speaking children and adolescents: Assessment, association with life satisfaction and role in specific life-domains”

10/2007 – 02/2012: Ph.D. student, Section on Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, supervised by Prof. Dr. W. Ruch

07/2005: Diploma in psychology [equal to M.Sc.] at University of Bielefeld; Thesis: Zum Zusammenhang von Persönlichkeit, kritischen Lebensereignissen und Lebenszufriedenheit [On the relationship between personality, life-events, and life satisfaction], supervised by Prof. Dr. A. Angleitner

10/1999 – 07/2005: Studies of psychology at University of Bielefeld, Germany

Professional experience

Since 04/2016: Interim professor for Individual Differences and Personality Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

10/2014 - 03/2016: Interim professor for Psychological Assessment at the Department of Psychology, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

04/2013 – 09/2014: Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, devision: Dr. E. Scott Huebner (post-doctoral fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation)

10/2012 – 03/2013: Interim professor for Educational and Health Psychology at the Department of Educational and Health Psychology, University of Education, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany

10/2006 – 09/2012: Teaching and research associate, Section on Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, head: Prof. Dr. W. Ruch

07/2005 – 09/2006: Teaching and research associate, Section on Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. A. Angleitner

02/2001 – 01/2005: Student assistant, Section on Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany, head: Prof. Dr. A. Angleitner

Awards/Grants

06/2013: International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) Honorable Mention Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution (dissertation) to positive psychology research, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

04/2013 – 09/2014: Fellowship for prospective researchers awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF; PBZHP1_147319; 18 months); Project: On the associations between adolescents’ character strengths and satisfaction in different life domains across nations.

07/2010: Best presentation award (Poster) at the 10th International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Professional Memberships

German Psychological Association [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs]; International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA); European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP)

Ad hoc-reviewer for

BMC Psychology; Child Indicators Research; European Journal of Pediatrics; European Journal of Psychological Assessment; Journal of Adolescence; Journal of Happiness Studies; Journal of Health Psychology; Journal of Individual Differences; Journal of Research on Adolescence; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Pediatrics; Personality and Individual Differences; Psychological Reports; Scientific Research and Essays; The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher