Curriculum Vitae

professional career

  • since october 2013:
    Research Associate, University of Göttingen, Germany
    SPACE-Project: Spatial Patterns and Connectivity in Ecosystems


  • 2008-2013:
    Research Associate, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
    Focus:
    • Predator-Prey relationship between lynx, red deer, and roe deer
    • Spatio-temporal statistics/modeling
    • Optimizing photo-trap sampling for lynx monitoring
    • Temporal patterns of forest regeneration after large-scale bark-beetle disturbance
    • Impact of bark-beetle disturbance on ungulate forage supply

  • 2007
    Research Associate, Ceramic Materials Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Germany
    Focus:
    • 3D digital image processing
    • Computertomography
    • Databasemanagement

  • 1999-2006 Studies in Geoecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany
    Diploma Thesis: „Altitudinal Variation of Soils, Vegetation, and Floristics in a Lower Montane Rain Forest, Río Yuracyacu, Alto Mayo, N-Perú"