Curriculum vitae Since 2011 Scientist, Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany 2008 – 2011 Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia 2005 – 2008 PhD student, Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany 2003 – 2005 Short-term assignments at IWMI (Ghana), ICRISAT (Niger), University of Kassel (Germany), Pesticide Action Network (Germany) and GIZ (Germany) 2001 – 2003 MSc studies in Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany 1996 – 2001 BSc studies in Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany