• Personal details

21/05/1970

Born in Hanover, Germany

• Academic education and practical experience

Since August 2000

Statistical and geostatistical analysis of wind data for the engineer's office New Energy Technology at Trier, Germany

January - July 2000

Student assistent at the Department of Computer Science, University of Trier, Germany: Data capture for an literature on-line database.

February/March 2000

Course I on mathematical Methods and Models in Geo Sciences at Department of Mathematical Geology, Institute of Geology, Free University of Berlin

July 1999

German Diplom (Master) in Physical Geography

April 1992 - July 1999

Studies in Physical Geography and Geo Sciences with main emphasis on Soil Science, Geobotany and Geostatistics at University of Trier, Germany

September 1996 - Mai 1998

Research assistant at the Department of Soil Science, working group Soil Microbiology, University of Trier, Germany

August/September 1997

Research stay at the Soil Science Department, working group Microbial Biomass, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, England

February/March 1997

Research stay at the Institute for Soil Ecology, GSF-Research Centre for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany

August/September 1996

Research stay at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, working group Precision Farming, Federal Research Centre for Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany

January/February 1992

Assistant Teacher at a comprehensive school and a college, Sheffield, England

• Community service

(as alternative to military service)

October 1990 - Dec. 1991

Nursing service at a hostel for disabled people and Ergotherapy at a hostel for people addicted to alcohol, Bad Rehburg, Germany

• School education

1976 - 1990

Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels), primary and grammar school, Stolzenau, Germany