Before joining the Institute for Anthropology in Halle, he taught at the University of Leipzig. He conducted his PhD research on the logistics of mass HIV treatment in Uganda between 2009 and 2011, which was funded by the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle and the German Research Foundation. He co-edited the book World of Indicators: the making of governmental knowledge through quantification (2015). His research interests are in the field of Science and Technology Studies and Medical Anthropology. More specifically he is interested in infrastructure, medical humanitarianism, scientific knowledge production, and care. His recent project studies ‘Trust in medicine in the aftermath of Ebola outbreaks’, in collaboration with various African and German universities including Gulu University.