Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC EDUCATION and WORK EXPERIENCE

Since 07/2015 ongoing

PostDoc at the Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Göttingen University,
03/2017-06/2018: Parental leave

2013-2015
PostDoc at the Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth,
6/2014-6/2015: Parental leave

2010-2013
Doctoral degree program in Biodiversity and Ecology, Mark: Summa cum laude (with highest honours), Thesis title: Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics on Mt Kilimanjaro(Supervisor: Prof. H. Behling, Prof. H. Jungkunst, PD A. Hemp)

2010-2013
Honorary Equal Opportunity Commissioner at the Biology Faculty of the University of Göttingen (committee activities, appeals procedures, consulting)

2007-2009
Master degree in Biodiversity and Ecology at the University Göttingen , Mark: 1.0 (Excellent) MSc Thesis title:Assessing South American grassland dynamics in space and time - a pollen morphological pilot study (Supervisor: Prof. H. Behling)

2004-2007
Bachelor degree in Biodiversity and Ecology at the University Göttingen, Mark: 1.4 (Excellent) BSc Thesis title: Mapping Global Myxomycete Distribution (Supervisor: Prof. S.R. Gradstein)

2007-2009
Research Assistant in the Department for Palynology and Climate Dynamics at the University of Göttingen (in various DFG projects)

2003-2006
Research Assistant in the Rainforest Research & Conservation Project Taricaya in Puerto Maldonado/Peru

2003-2006
Research Assistant in the Biological Consulting Office BioConsultSH, Husum

2003
High school diploma at the Hermann-Tast-Schule in Husum



THIRD PARTY FUNDS

2016
Start Up Funding by the University of Göttingen for young postdoctoral researchers: 10.000 Euro

Grant by the ICDP for the participation in the ICDP Workshop on Deep Drilling of Lake Chad, September 21-23, Monpellier, France

2015
DKN (Deutsches Komitee für Nachhaltigskeitsforschung) Future Earth Working Group: Positive impacts through land use change, Time period: 2015 - 2016 (18 months)

2014
DFG (German Research Foundation) Project SCHU 2978/1-2 Studies on late Quaternary environmental on Mt. Kilimanjaro - comparing the wet northern with the dry southern slopes (in cooperation with Prof. Behling, University Göttingen).

International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) sub-Project Reconstructing vegetation dynamics from calibrated pollen data (PIs: L. Schüler-Goldbach, S. Rucina, A. Hemp) in the ICDP Project DeepCHALLA: two glacial-interglacial cycles (ca. 250,000 years) of climate and ecosystem dynamics on the East African equator (Project start 2015/2016)

2013
Grant by the Office for Professional Equality, University Bayreuth, for supporting female junior scientist.

2011
Grant by the Göttingen International Action of the German University Excellence Initiativefor the participation in the 10th International NCCR Climate Summer School, 4.-9.9.2011 in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

2009
Grant by the Göttinger Universitätsbund for the participation in the Symposium O Futuro dos Campos: Conservação y Uso Sustentável, 3.-5.8.2009 in Porto Alegre/Brazil



FURTHER QUALIFICATION

Teaching: Qualification Program Teaching in Higher Education, 2012-2013, University Göttingen

Scientific:

  • 10th International NCCR Climate Summer School Climate Change, Extremes and Ecosystem Services, 4.-9.9.2011, Grindelwald, Switzerland
  • 5th ESA Earth Observation Summer School on Earth System Monitoring & Modelling, 2.-13.8.2010, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
  • Urbino Summer School of Palaeoclimatology, 9.-20.7.2010, Urbino, Italy
  • Towards quantitative landscape reconstructions from pollen diagrams calibration and simulation approaches,Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen
  • Multivariate Data analysis in Palaeoecology Course, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen
  • Multivariate Data analysis and Data handling in Palaeoecology Course,Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen
  • Earth System Research and Modelling Course, Centre for Environmental System Research (CESR), Kassel
  • Research and Knowledge Management Course, Institute for Forestry, University of Göttingen


Languages: German, English (fluent), Spanish and Dutch (advanced), French (basic)

Reviewing: Central European Journal of Biology, Palynology, Quaternary International, Frontiers in Plant Science

Software/IT: MS Office, R, ArcView/ArcGIS, CANOCO, Tilia, C2, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, network administration, IT Management


RESEARCH PERIODS ABROAD

Tanzania

Palaeo- and vegetation-ecological field work at Mt Kilimanjaro, Pare Mountains, Mt Meru as part of PhD/PostDoc project financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - since 2009 on-going

Kenya
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) DEEPChalla coordination and preparation field trip - 9/2013

Brazil
Expedition to the Campos, the southern Brazilian grasslands, the Atlantic Rainforest and the Araucaria forests close to Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul with focus on vegetation ecology and conservation management - 8/2009

Mexico
Expedition to Yucatan Peninsula with focus on vegetation ecology and archaeology - 2/2009

Peru
Field assistant in the Rainforest Research & Conservation Project Taricaya, Madre de Dios with focus on bird ecology, vegetation inventories, medicinal plants,sustainable tourism and agriculture, conservation - 2003-2006

Denmark
Field assistant in radar observations of migratory birds in offshore windparks (BioConsult SH) - 2004


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015
Animal and Plant Ecology exercises: Introduction to Palaeoecology, BSc-Level

2013/2014
Exercises in Identification of local higher plants, BSc-Level

Exercise in the Biodiversity of Terrestrial Plants: Anatomical and karyological feature analyses, MSc-Level

Botanical excursions, BSc-Level

Exercise and Seminar in Biodiversity of Terrestrial plants: Taxonomy and history of development in land plants, MSc-Level

R-Consulting for MSc students and doctoral candidates

Supervision of PhD students

2012
Co - Chair of the seminar presentations of scientists of University Teaching with Prof. Dr. Jörg Wendorff (for young scientists)

2011/2012
Supervision of student research teams in research-oriented projects (FOLL)

Lecture in Vegetation and Climate History of Europe and non-European countries, BSc/MSc Level

Animal and Plant Ecology exercises: Introduction to Palaeoecology, BSc-Level

2011
2 - week block course on Palynology, Vegetation history, Dendrochronology, MSc level (lectures, field and lab work)