- Abitur at the Gymnasium in Wissen, Germany
- 06/89-08/90 Military service at the Army Medical Corps in Rennerod, Germany
- 10/90-07/95 Diploma at the Faculty of Forest Science and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen (thesis: 'Limno-ecological management of the Reiher-Bach valley/Solling area‘)
- 02/96-09/99 PhD at the Institute of Silviculture, Göttingen('Nitrogen cycling in beech forest gaps‘), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- 12/99-01/01 Post-doc position at the Institute of Soil Science and Forest Nutrition, University of Göttingen ('Influence of oxygen supply on soil microbial activity‘), funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
- 02/01-08/04 Academic Assistant at the Institute of Silviculture, University of Göttingen, Germany ('Ecological integration of non-native tree species‘)
- 09/04-08/05 Post-doc position at the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Nat. Resources, Rutgers University, NJ, USA (‘Impact of invasive plants on microbial activity and community in forest soils’), funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Since 09/05 Forest consulting agency, VOR-Wald (expertises on vegetation surveys, storm damages, ungulate damages)
- 07/07-06/10 Project coordinator at the Dept. of Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation, University of Göttingen, Germany (‘Surveillance of tick parasitized voles, mice and roe deer in Germany: Arboviral infection rates in relation to population densities and host characteristics’), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Since 08/09 Project leader at the Dept. of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Germany (‘Practical concept to support rare tree species’), funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- Since 03/11 Project leader at the Dept. of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Germany (‘Chances and risks of natural oak regeneration – forest practical suggestions and conservation management’), funded by the Bavarian LWF
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