has been a researcher at the Peter Szondi Institute for Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin, and at SFB 626 Ästhetische Erfahrung im Zeichen der Entgrenzung der Künste. He was a visiting fellow at Columbia University's German Department in 2011, and at Yale University's German Department in 2012.
studied Comparative Literature. He is research assistant with the collaborate research centre »Ästhetische Erfahrung im Zeichen der Entgrenzung der Künste« at Freie Universität Berlin. His research focus is on the aesthetics of 18th- and 20th-century philosophy, on the comparative analysis of artists and the history of anthropology.
is a member of the research project on »Ästhetische Erfahrung im Zeichen der Entgrenzung der Künste« and teaches at the Institute for the Scientific Study of Religion at Freie Universität Berlin. His research focus as a philosopher is on the philosophy and aesthetics of German idealism and on German and French philosophers of the 20th century.