Date / place of birth
20.09.1982, Bad Kreuznach
Dissertation theme
Determinants of land use change and impact on household welfare among smallholder farmers
Education
Master of Science in Agricultural Sciences (2011)
° Study area: International and Tropical Agriculture; Georg-August Universität Göttingen
° Master thesis: “Fair Trade Coffee Cooperatives- Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Smallholders in Bolivia”
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences (2008)
° Study area: Crop Sciences; Georg-August Universität Göttingen
° Bachelor thesis: “Land reforms in Latin America: Distorted land markets and policy instruments- an evaluation of the Bolivian land reform“
Work /Research Experience
Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Lima, Peru
° Consultant (November 2011- February 2012)
° Project “Financial compensation for conservation of tropical forests”
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Lima, Peru
° Internship (May– October 2011)
° Project “Financial compensation for conservation of tropical forests”
Indigenous smallholder cooperative MINGA; San Ignacio de Velasco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
° Data collection for master thesis (November 2009 - May 2010)
° Thesis title: “Fair Trade Coffee Cooperatives- Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Smallholders in Bolivia”
° Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Indigenous smallholder cooperative MINGA; San Ignacio de Velasco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
° Internship (February - May 2007)
Collaborative Research Center 552 STORMA, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
° Student research assistant (November 2008 – June 2009)
Department for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
° Student research assistant (May 2007- May 2008)
