Biography
Professional experience
Since 10/2019 |
Senior Researcher at the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change and Society (CLICCS), Universität Hamburg Project: Sustainable Land-Use Scenarios: Soil, Biodiversity, Water, Food and Energy Security |
09/2015 – 10/2019 |
PostDoc-Position at the Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, Universität Hamburg Center of Earth System Research and Sustainability, Universität Hamburg |
01 – 04/2017 |
Research fellow at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hugh P. Possingham Research stay funded by DFG |
2013 – 2015 |
Fellow in the PostDoc-Kolleg “Sustainable Future”, Universität Hamburg Centre for a Sustainable University and Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, Universität Hamburg |
2010 – 2012 |
PostDoc-Position in the cluster of excellence Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP), Universität Hamburg Flexible Pool project „Economic Potentials of Wetland Restoration under Climate Change” |
2005 – 2010 |
Research Associate at Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, Universität Hamburg Associated with several European Commission FP 6 and FP 7 projects (European Non-Food Agriculture (ENFA), Global Earth Observation Benefits Estimation (GEOBENE), European environment Earth observation supporting INSPIRE and compatible with the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (EuroGEOSS)) |
Scientific education
2005 – 2011 |
PhD studies in the department of geosciences, Universität Hamburg Thesis: Systematic conservation planning in Europe – the case of wetland biodiversity Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl, Dr. Uwe Schneider, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Aßmann |
2006 – 2011 |
Member of the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling, Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg |
1999 – 2004 |
Studies of environmental sciences, Universität Lüneburg Main courses: ecology, nature conservation, environmental planning Diploma thesis: Population structure and habitat requirements of fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina L., 1761) in the Elbe river valley in Lower Saxony (in German) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Aßmann, Dr. Thorsten Buck-Dobrick |