Anna Schulte-Eickholt Born 18.12.1977 at Düren, Germany Marital status : Single Hobbys : Water rafting, badminton, cultivation of medical and vegetable plants Education and Professional Experience 1998 – 2001 Study of agricultural sciences at Humboldt-University of Berlin Bachelor thesis: Detecting differences in soil fertility with the "Chroma-Soil-Test" 2001 – 2004 Graduate study of Crop Science at Humboldt-University of Berlin. Master thesis : Soil maps as inputs for agricultural decision-support systems since March 2005 PhD-student at the Departments of Modelling Plant Systems and Precision Agriculture, Institute of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt-University of Berlin within the framework of the collaborative research preagroII (sponsored by the German Ministry of Science and Education) PhD topic: Developing methods for analysing and modelling plant root growth with emphasis on soil and plant water-balances