David recieved his Diploma in Psychology from the University of Würzburg, before he obtained his PhD in Psychology working with Andreas Eder. He stayed in Würzburg for a one-year Post-Doc with Fritz Strack and then moved on to the University of Freiburg to work in the Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Lab with Andrea Kiesel. In Summer 2020 David joined the Department of Psychology at the Unversity of Tübingen.