His work focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western Europe and centers on questions of spatiality in varying configurations including outer space and extraterrestrial life, as well as concepts of time. A DAAD Research Grant enabled him to move from Germany to Italy to pursue his PhD in Florence. He recently joined the German Academic International Network (GAIN) Advisory Board to help DAAD promote Germany as a destination for academics and researchers worldwide, for example at the upcoming Annual GAIN Conference in San Francisco, August 25-27th, 2017.