Professional Experience
| W3 Professor Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg | since 2013 |
| Guest Professor Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University | Nov 2023-Apr 2024 |
| W2 Professor Ecosystem Functions, University of Lüneburg | 2010-2013 |
| Lecturer and Researcher University of Göttingen, UC Berkeley, UC Davis | 2005-2009 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher University of Göttingen with projects in Germany and Ecuador | 2003-2005 |
| Doctoral Scholar University of Göttingen and IPB Bogor in Indonesia | 2000-2003 |
Education
| Habilitation Venia legendi in Ecology at University of Göttingen | 2010 |
| Dissertation Coffee pollination and trophic interactions at University of Göttingen, summa cum laude | 2003 |
| Diploma in Biology Major: Botany, minors: Tropical plant cultivation, Conservation Biology. Thesis mark very good | 1999 |