Function and Responsibilities:

• Sustainability manager of GFZ
• Representative of GFZ in the working group "Forum Sustainability" of Helmholtz Association

Research Interests:

• Palaeopedology, Soil geography
• Geomorphology, Palaeohydrology
• Interplay between humans and environment
• Geoarchaeology, Mining archaeology
  

Career:

• since 2010 Researcher at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences 
• 2008-2010 Researcher at the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
• 2003-2008 Researcher at the Faculty of Geography, Marburg University
• 1996-2002 Researcher at the Geographical Institute, Greifswald University

Education:

• 2008 Habilitation in Geography (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), University of Marburg (“Soils and terrestrial sediments as indicators of Holocene environmental changes on the Tibetan Plateau”)
• 2001 Dissertation in Physical Geography (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Greifswald („Late Pleistocene to early Holocene basin development in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/northern Germany – Investigations on stratigraphy, geomorphology and geoarchaeology; in German)
• 1996 Diploma in Geography (Dipl.-Geogr.), University of Greifswald („Palaeohydrological and geomorphological investigations on the Holocene landscape development in the Müritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/northern Germany“; in German)