Curriculum vitae

born in München, 1962
1969-1973 primary school Rübgarten
1973-1977 secondary school Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Reutlingen
1977-1982 secondary school Gymnasium Weilheim i. Ob.
1983-1988 studies Forest Sciences in München
1988-1990 junior forester at the forest service of Bavaria (Bayerische Staatsforstverwaltung)
1990-1992 paternity leave
1992-1996 Phd-student at the Chair of Silvicuture, TU München
1996-2002 senior researcher at the Chair of Silvicuture, TU München
2001 visiting researcher (three months) at Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
2001 postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation)
2001-2002 Forest district manager Forstamt Landshut, Bavaria Forest Service
2003-2005 officer at the Bavarian Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Research section
2005-2007 head of the silvicultural uni at the Bavarian Forst Institute
2006 visiting researcher (two months) at the School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Since Sept. 2007 full professor, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate zones, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2012-2016 Dean of the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen
since 2013 Chairperson of the fort advisory council of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
since 2016 Member of the DFG (German Science Foundation) Review Board 207
2017 to 2019 Member of the senate, University of Göttingen
since 2020 Dean of the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen
since 2020 President of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ)