Curriculum vitae


  • born in Arnsberg, 1969
  • 1989 Allg. Hochschulreife Städt. Gymnasium Laurentianum, Arnsberg
  • 1996-1998 Scientific assistant of Prof. Dr. E.-D. Schulze for the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), University of Bayreuth
  • 1998-2008 Scientific assistant, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Prof. Dr. E.-D. Schulze
  • 2004 Dr. forst.
    Thesis: Carbon Pools of European Beech Forests (Fagus sylvatica) under Different Silvicultural Management.
    Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany. (Pdf)
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. E.-D. Schulze, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, and Prof. Dr. F. Beese, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Science and Forest Ecology
  • 2009 Parental leave
  • 2010-2022 Scientific assistant, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Prof. Dr. C. Ammer
  • since 2022 Forestry Research and Competence Centre Gotha


  • awards
  • 27. Nov 1996 Award of the city Bayreuth for the diploma thesis
  • 06. Oct 2004 German Forest Science Award 2004