Curriculum Vitae



since Jun 2011
Member of the Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Göttingen, Germany

since Oct 2009
Professor for Bioclimatology at University of Göttingen, Germany

2009 - 2014
Member of Die Junge Akademie

2008 - 2011
Assistant Professor for Terrestrial Ecosystem Physiology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2007 - 2011
Marie Curie Team Leader at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2006 - 2007
Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany (Return phase)

2004 - 2006
Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (Outgoing phase)

2000 - 2003
PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Thesis title: Carbon Dioxide Exchange and Isotopic Signature (13C) of an Unmanaged 250-year-old Deciduous Forest

1996 - 1999
Graduate studies in Geoecology (Diplom-Geooekologie) at University Bayreuth
Thesis title: Carbon Dioxide Exchange of a Russian Boreal Forest after Disturbance by Wind Throw

1995 - 1996
Visiting student in Natural Resources at Utah State University in Logan/USA

1993 - 1995
Undergraduate studies in Geoecology at Technische Universitaet Braunschweig