Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications & Education
Since Aug 2025
Project Leader. Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany
Since Sep 2021
Independent Researcher | Freelancer. Nature Rings – Environmental Research and Education, Mainz, Germany
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Team Leader. WBS Training AG, Berlin, Germany (remotely from Tunisia)
Aug 2022 – Oct 2022
Research Fellow | Postdoc. Laboratory of Wood Technology (UGent-Woodlab), Department of Environment, Ghent University (UGent), Belgium
Apr 2022 – Jun 2022
Research Fellow | Postdoc. Panel on Planetary Thinking, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
May 2020
Shortlisted for Lectureship in Physical Geography. University of Cambridge, UK
Sept 2013 | Apr 2015 – May 2021
Research Associate | Postdoc. Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Mar 2015
PhD thesis. Department of Forest Nutrition and Water Resources, Technische Universität München, Germany
Original thesis title: “Dendroökologische Untersuchungen zum Einfluss der Klimaänderung auf Bergwälder der Nördlichen Kalkalpen”
Translated thesis title: “Influence of climate change on mountain forests in the Northern Limestone Alps – a dendroecological approach”
Supervisors: Prof. Axel Göttlein and Prof. Andreas Rothe
Mar 2010 – Mar 2015
PhD student. Department of Forest Nutrition and Water Resources, Technische Universität München, Germany
Mar 2010 – Aug 2013
Research Assistant. Department of Forestry, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany
Sept – Oct 2011
Visiting Scientist. Research Unit Landscape Dynamics, Group Dendroclimatology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
Nov – Dec 2010
Visiting Scientist. Research Unit Landscape Dynamics, Group Dendroclimatology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
Oct 2009
Diploma in Geography. University of Regensburg, Germany
Original thesis title: “Untersuchungen zum Zusammenhang zwischen Humifizierungsgrad und Pflanzenzusammensetzung von Torfen am Beispiel des Kalkniedermoores am Islinger Mühlbach (Regensburg-Burgweinting)”
Translated thesis title: “Studies on the relationship between peat humification and vegetation composition using a fen at the Islinger Mühlbach (Regensburg-Burgweinting) as an example”
Oct 2003 – Oct 2009
Studies of Geography, Botany and Soil Science. University of Regensburg, Germany
June 2003
General Qualification for University Entrance (Abitur). Gymnasium Freyung, Germany
Mar 2003
Participation "Jugend forscht". Passau, Germany
Grants & Awards
“ATR Travel Grant – Participation at the Conference TRACE 2022”
Association for Tree-Ring Research
“ATR-Award – Best Oral Presentation at the Conference TRACE 2012”
Association for Tree-Ring Research
Fellowship
Planetary Scholars & Artists in Residence Program
Panel on Planetary Thinking, JLU Gießen
Memberships
2020 – “International Tree Mortality Network (ITMN)”
2019 – “Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)”
2017 – “European Geoscience Union (EGU)”
2016 – “Arbeitskreis Klima der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie (AK Klima)”
2016 – “European Beech Tree-Ring Network (EBTRN)”
2011 – “Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR)”
Reserach Interests
Topics
Climate Change
Climate proxies
Disturbance ecology
Drought
Eco-climatology
Ecosystem functioning
Extreme events
Forest ecosystems
Global Change
Insect infestations
Paleoclimate
Pollution
Tree mortality
Tree physiology
Vegetation responses
Volcanism
Locations
Alpine environments: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Boreal ecosystems: Finland, Norway, Sweden
Mediterranean: Albania, Corsica, Greece, Southern Spain
Temperate regions: Austria, Germany
Parameters
Maximum latewood density
Stable isotopes
Tree-ring width
Wood anatomy
Wood chemistry
Review Work
Climate Dynamics
Dendrochronologia
International Journal of Biometeorology
Nature Communications
Science of the Total Environment
Tree Physiology
Trees – Structure and Function