Curriculum vitae

Scientific career

Jan 2016 - now
Postdoc in the group of Prof. Thomas Hickler, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

June 2015 - Dec 2015
Postdoc in the group of Prof. Stefan Dullinger (PI Dr. Franz Essl), Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria

Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
Parental leave (Elternzeit).

May 2011 - Nov 2011
Parental leave (Elternzeit).

Apr 2008 - Mai 2015
Postdoc in the group of Mathematical Modelling (Prof. Bernd Blasius), Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg.

Jun 2008
Doctoral thesis entitled "Influence of oligotrophication and climate variability on a copepod community: The roles of seasonality, life cycle strategy, and stage-structured interactions", at the Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, supervisor PD Dr. Dietmar Straile

Feb 2005 - Mar 2008
PhD student in the Food Web and Population Ecology Group at the Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, supervisor PD Dr. Dietmar Straile

Nov 2002 - Dec 2004
Staff member at the company Limares, Essen (Germany) with emphasis on fish ecology.

Aug 2001 - Dec 2004
Graduate student assisstent in the EU-Projects AQEM and STAR (implementation of the EU-Water Framework Directive), Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, PD. Dr. Daniel Hering.


Education

Jan 2005
Diploma thesis entitled "Praxisorientierte Funktionskontrolle von Fischaufstiegsanlagen an einem stauregulierten Mittelgebirgsfluss" at the Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Essen under supervision of Prof. Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher and PD Dr. Daniel Hering.

Jan 2005
Diploma degree in 'Ecology', University of Essen.

Apr 2002 - Jan 2005
Studies of Animal Ecology, Botany, Plant physiology, Soil Sciences.

Apr 2002
Vordiplom degree of 'Ecology', University of Essen.

Oct 1999 - Apr 2002
Basic studies of 'Ecology', University of Essen.

Sep 1998 - Jun 1999
Military service.

May 1998
Abitur (school leaving exam).