1989-1995 Studies in Physics, Philosophy and History of Science in Hamburg, graduating as a physicist, 1999 Doctorate in History of Science with a thesis on "Empty room in Minerva's house. Experimental Natural Philosophy at the University of Leiden, 1675-1715. "
1995-1998 Research Associate at the Institute for the History of Science, Mathematics and Engineering, University of Hamburg, 1999-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in the independent junior research group "Experimental History of Science" under the direction of H. Otto Sibum , 2000-2003 Secretary of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology.
Since 2007 Lecturer at the University of Melbourne (Australia): Faculty of Arts: History and Philosophy of Science.
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"A Stinking, Tiresome Squalor:" Practical Knowledge And Early Dutch Science
Internal Research Grant
The Practical Tradition of Dutch Newtonianism
Book Chapter
Philosophical Lessons From Academic Orations On Newtonian Natural Philosophy
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Different Modes of Competition? Early Modern Universities and Their Rivalries
Journal article
Academic writings and the rituals of early modern universities
Journal article
Craftsmen, Merchants and Scholars: Hiring Practices at the Universities of Leiden and Edin..
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Lecturer History Of Science
Historical And Philosophical Studies
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Education
Doktor der Naturwissenschaften
University of Hamburg
Diplom-Physiker
University of Hamburg