Qualifications
2013 - doctoral degree in biology
Doctoral Thesis: The ecological carrying capacity of a lowland river section for boating tourism.
2009 - diploma in biology
Diploma Thesis: Leucocytes as indicators of stress in Wilson´s storm-petrels.
Doctoral Thesis: The ecological carrying capacity of a lowland river section for boating tourism.
2009 - diploma in biology
Diploma Thesis: Leucocytes as indicators of stress in Wilson´s storm-petrels.
Professional history
09/2014 - present: Research Group Leader, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection
11/2012 - 08/2014: Post-doctoral Researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Restoring rivers for effective catchment management – REFORM)
09/2012 - 05/2013: Post-doctoral Researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Ökologische Einflüsse von Wellenschlag und Totholz – Renaturierungsmöglichkeiten im Großen Müggelsee (Berlin) sowie Definition eines Referenzzustands des Nordufers)
08/2011 - 01/2012: Research Assistant, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Uferentwicklungskonzept zur Erreichung des guten ökologischen Zustandes des Großen Müggelsees (Berlin))
09/2009 - 09/2012: Research Assistant, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Tourist destination and water management in the context of climate change (Innovation Network of Climate Change Adaptation Brandenburg Berlin – INKA-BB))
11/2012 - 08/2014: Post-doctoral Researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Restoring rivers for effective catchment management – REFORM)
09/2012 - 05/2013: Post-doctoral Researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Ökologische Einflüsse von Wellenschlag und Totholz – Renaturierungsmöglichkeiten im Großen Müggelsee (Berlin) sowie Definition eines Referenzzustands des Nordufers)
08/2011 - 01/2012: Research Assistant, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Uferentwicklungskonzept zur Erreichung des guten ökologischen Zustandes des Großen Müggelsees (Berlin))
09/2009 - 09/2012: Research Assistant, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (Project: Tourist destination and water management in the context of climate change (Innovation Network of Climate Change Adaptation Brandenburg Berlin – INKA-BB))
Awards2016 - Young Scientist Award (Schwörbel-Benndorf-Nachwuchspreis)
Annual Meeting of the German Limnological Society 2012 - Poster price (as co-author) Annual Meeting of the German Limnological Society 2011 - Runner-up oral presentation in applied research NABS 2011 Annual Meeting „Responding to the Global Water Crisis“ 2010 - DAAD specialist course grant |
Attended Workshops2015 - Bestimmungskurs "Amphipoda des Süß- und Brackwassers, einschließlich der bisher nachgewiesenen Neozoa"
Gustav Stresemann Institut in Niedersachsen e.V., Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie 2013 - Summer School „Model building, inference and hypothesis testing in hydrology” Centre de Recherche Public Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, Luxemburg 2011 - Winter School „Sustainability Science meets Practice“ Competence Center Environment and Sustainability, Zurich, Switzerland |