Research Topics and career
- Fractal analysis in forests
- Structure-function relationships
- Terrestrial laser scanning
- Forest structure assessment
- 3D Modelling of tree architecture
- Tree crown interactions
- Competition among trees
- 2003–2008 Geography (Diploma), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Doctorate
- 2008–2011 Dr. rer. nat., Supervisor: Prof. Dr. C. Leuschner, subject: Terrestrial Laserscanning- Applications in forest ecological research
Stages of academic/ professional career
- Since 2021 Professor of Spatial Structures and Digitization of Forests, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 2018–2022 Heisenberg Fellow of the Germany Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2017–2021 Junior research group leader, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 2016–2017 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 2014–2016 DFG research fellowship, Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
- 2011–2014 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones (50%), Department of Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing (50%), University of Göttingen, Germany
Education