CV
- Professor for Quality of Animal Products; Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
(since 04/2018)
- Senior Manager; isi GmbH, Rosdorf
(06/2014 to 03/2018)
- Habilitation with the topic "Boar taint revisited: From understanding perception to control" und Erteilung der venia legendi für das Fach "Lebensmittelqualität und Sensorikforschung"; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
(05/2017)
- Research Associate; Department of Animal Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
(1/2005 to 05/2014)
- Dr. sc. agr. with the topic "Determination of intramuscular fat content (IMF) in pork M. longissimus using ultrasound spectral analysis"; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (summa cum laude)
(2005)
- Research stipend for Matforsk (heute NOFIMA, Norwegian Food Research Institute),
(9/2004 to 12/2004)
- Research associate and doctoral candidate, Institute for Animal Breeding, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
(6/2000 to 8/2004)
- International Semester on Consumer Affairs, Rijkshoogeschool Ijselland, Deventer, Niederlande
(01/1996 to 06/1996)
- Ecotrophology Diplom, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany
(10/1994 to 5/2000)
Areas of Research
- Endogenous and exogenous factors influencing product quality
- Use of alternative protein sources in animal nutrition
- Dual-purpose chicken breeds
- Alternatives to piglet castration without anaesthetization
- Methods for physico-chemical quality assessment
- Quantitative modelling of quality characteristics
- Consumer behaviour and acceptance
- Sensory perception
- Biomarker for quality assurance
- Journal of Animal Science
- Meat Science
- Food Chemistry
- Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Archives of Animal Breeding (Archiv für Tierzucht)
- Food Quality and Preference
- Organic Agriculture
- FOODS
- Animals
- ANIMAL