Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

• 2020 Interim Professor of Development Geography, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
  
• 2018 + 2019 Visiting Professor of Economic Geography, Institute of Human Geography, University of Frankfurt/Main
  
• 2013-2019 Assistant Professor (German Akademischer Rat), Institute of Geography, University of Goettingen
  
• 2009-2013 Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
  
• 2007-2010 Research Associate, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg

Qualifications

• 2012 Doctorate in Geography, University of Bonn
  
• 2007 MSc. Geography (German Diplom), University of Cologne

Board membership and honorary appointment

• since 2019 Scientific reviewer of German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD)
  
• since 2014 Spokesperson of the South Asia Specialty Group in the German Geographical Society
  
• 2017-2019 Member of the selection committee for awarding Germany and Lower Saxony scholarships, Faculty of Geoscience and Geography, University of Goettingen
  
• 2017-2019 Representative of mid-level faculty in the board, Faculty of Geoscience and Geography, University of Goettingen
  
• 2013-2018 Erasmus-Coordinator, Faculty of Geoscience and Geography, University of Goettingen

Journal reviewer

• Agriculture and Human Values (Springer)
  
• Cities (Elsevier)
  
• City and Community (Wiley Online Library)
  
• Climate Change (Springer)
  
• Die Erde (Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin)
  
• Ecosystem Service (Elsevier)
  
• Emerging Megacities (EH-Verlag)
  
• Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer Verlag)
  
• European Journal of Agronomy (Elsevier)
  
• Forum for Development Studies (Taylor & Francis Online)
  
• Geographien Südasiens (Schriftreihe des AK Südasien)
  
• Geographische Zeitschrift (Franz Steiner Verlag)
  
• Geography Compass (Wiley Online Library)
  
• International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
  
• Mountain Research & Development (BioONE)
  
• Natural Hazards (Springer)
  
• Progress in Development Studies (Sage)
  
• The Geographical Journal

Membership

• American Association of Geographers (AAG)
  
• Arbeitskreis Geographische Stadtforschung im Entwicklungskontext in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie (AGSE)
  
• Arbeitskreis Südasien in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie (AKSA)
  
• Geographischer Arbeitskreis Entwicklungstheorien (GAE)
  
• Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen (VGDH)