Department Physical Geography

Curriculum vitae

Work experience


  • 2009-2016 Coordinator of the Carbiocial project, with twelve German subprojects, in collaboration with the UFMT (Cuiabá, Sinop), Embrapa Rice & Beans (Goiânia), and UFPA-NAEA (Belém), Brazil (financed by the BMBF)

  • 2006-2009 Researcher and coordinator of the project "Degradation of cattle pastures in the North-Eastern Amazon” with six subprojects, in collaboration with the Embrapa Amazônia Oriental (three-years stay in Belém, Brazil)(financed by the DFG)

  • 2005 Researcher and sub-coordinator of the project “Regeneration Ecology of Certified Rainforests in Northern Honduras” at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland (financed by the Finnish Academy)

  • 2003-2005 Scientific assistant at the Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany (two-years stay in Belém, Brazil)

  • 2002 Tutor of the lecture „Multidisciplinary Research and Communication Skills in
    Tropical Production Systems“ and “Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics” at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen

  • 1998-2001 Scientific assistant at the Institute of Agronomy and Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany. Sub-Coordinator of the SHIFT-Capoeira project in Belém, Brazil, in collaboration with the Embrapa Amazônia Oriental

    • Education


    • 2002 Ph.D in Agriculture "A Grass-Capoeira Pasture Fits Better Than a Grass-Legume Pasture in the Agricultural System of Smallholdings in the Humid Brazilian Tropics" (minor subjects: Tropical and Subtropical Animal Husbandry, Botany, and Agronomy of Grassland Systems, 2.0)

    • 1998 Diploma in Geography “Contributions to the microclimate of inner-andine dry valleys of Bolivia”, (1.8)

    • 1993-1998 Study of geography at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany Diploma in Geography (minor subjects: Botany and Geology)

    • June 1996 Traineeship at the remote-sensing company GEOSCAN, Hildesheim, Germany.

    • May 1996 Traineeship in the national park „Sächsische Schweiz“, Germany Environmental pedagogy, conceptions of nature conservancy and tourism

    • 1995 Expedition to the inner-andine dry forests of Bolivia (Schimper, DAAD)

    • 1990-1993 Study of geography at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany Prediploma in Geography (minor subjects: Botany and Spanish)

    • 1989-1990 Military service

    • 1989 High School graduation

    • 1970 Born in Duisburg, Germany



    Language skills: German, English, Portuguese, Spanish


    Update: December 2017