Austrian Federal Police 2005-2010. Studied History and English/American Studies at the Universities of Graz, St. Petersburg (USA) and Marburg (GER) 2009-2015. Defense Analyst at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK) 2016-2019. PhD in political sciences from Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, 2019. Author of „The Decline of European Naval Forces: Challenges to Sea Power in an Age of Fiscal Austerity and Political Uncertainty” (US Naval Institute Press, 2018).

Research Focus: International Relations, Strategic Studies, U.S. and European Security and Defense Policy, Maritime Strategy and Security, Public Security