Vita

  • Since 2019
    Research group leader in the project "Biocultural diversity in farming landscapes of the Global South" (BioKultDiv) funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • Since 2019
    Principal investigator in the project "The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2015-2019
    Postdoctoral researcher within the project "Identifying social-ecological system properties benefitting biodiversity and food security" funded by the European Research Council, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2015-2018 Frequent field trips to Ethiopia

  • 2011-2015 Postdoctoral researcher within the project "Sustainable land use in Southern Transylvania", funded by the Humboldt Foundation, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2011-2014 Frequent field trips to Transylvania

  • 2010-2011
    Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

  • 2010
    Researcher within the project "Sustainable Farms: Pathways for Rural Landscapes ", Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra

  • 2006-2010
    Ph.D. student within the project "Conservation areas and climate
    change in Germany" , Department of Community Ecology,
    Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

  • 2005-2006
    Researcher, trait analysis of introduced plants in the project INVASIONS,
    Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz- Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

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