Curriculum vitae
- since 08/2018: Full Professor in Hydrology, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, University of Münster
- 03/2013: Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat), Institute of Landscape Ecology, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, University of Münster
- 11/2017: Habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification) or venia legendi in Biogeochemistry
Thesis: "Patterns, mechanisms, and records of biogeochemical processes in wetland soils"
Scientific presentation and colloquium: Permafrost thawing and climate feedback - Carbon turnover in thermokarst lakes and collapse wetlands
- 10/2009: Research Assistant (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Limnological Research Station
- 09/2008: Researcher at the Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, and in the Laboratory of Isotope Biogeochemistry, University of Bayreuth
- 12/2008: Graduation (Dr. rer. nat. / PhD), University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences.
Dissertation: Dynamics of soil processes under extreme meteorological boundary conditions – Response of below-ground carbon, sulfur, and iron cycling in fen soils
- 02/2005: Diploma in Geoecology, University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences.
Major subjects: Hydrology, Soil Science, Soil Physics, Agroecology
Thesis: Influence of groundwater inflow conditions on the biogeochemical processes in acidid and iron rich sediments
Stipendien
- 05/2010: Participating the Sino-German Frontiers of Science Symposium, Humboldt Society (Qingdao, China)
- 04/2010: Travel Grant of the German Limnological Society (Patagonia, Chile)
- 10/2007: Bernd Rendel-Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2002-2003: Scholarship (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- 2000-2004: Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Work Experience
- 02/2009 - 02/2013: Scientist and Research Assistant, Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth (Prof. Dr. S. Peiffer)
- 08/2008 - 01/2009: Scientist, BayCEER Laboratory for Isotope Biogeochemistry (Prof. Dr. G. Gebauer)
- 03/2005 - 07/2008: Researcher at the Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, DFG Project BL563/7-2 (C. Blodau), DFG Research Unit FOR 562 (Bodenprozesse bei extremen meteorologischen Randbedingungen)