Research Interests

International Agriculture, Ecology, Quantitative Modelling, Environmental Physics

Education

PhD in Environmental Science - Summa cum laude (1997), University Degrees in Environmental Science (1995) and International Agriculture (1992), Farming Apprenticeship (1987)

Experience

Juniorprofessor of Modelling Plant Systems at Humboldt-University of Berlin (2003-2008)

Professor title awarded from Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2005

Recommended for a full chair in 2008

Research in Environmental Physics, Agronomy, Plant Ecology and Limnology

Development and application of quantitative models

Modern computer languages and development environments, Matlab, Scilab, R

Extensive experience in international collaboration

Involvment in university administration, policy and structural debattes.

Lecturs held: Modelling Plant Systems, Quantitative Basis of Modelling, Agricultural Meteorology, Irrigation Science, Software Engineering, Systems Analysis and Applied Mathematics

Six years of experience in practical agriculture under sub-tropical and temperate climate conditions

Private Interests

Playing and listening music, reading, hiking and moderate triathlon training.