• Phytodiversity in short rotation coppice plantations
• The impact of ground vegetation in forests element budget

• Competition in mixed beech forests
• Root ecological studies

• Impact of drought on young beech trees
• Adaptation of forests and forest management to climate change

Born in Bad Hersfeld, Hessen (Germany)

1986 - 1992: Study of Forestry at Göttingen University

1993 - 2001: Junior Researcher at the Institute of Forest Ecology and Forest Assessment, Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products (BFH)

1999: Ph.D. Forestry (Dr. rer. silv.), Dresden University of Technology (DUT)

2001 - 2002: Research assistant for Forest Ecology, Goettingen University, Faculty of Forestry and Forest Ecology

2002-2006: Junior Professor for Forest Ecology, Goettingen University, Faculty of Forestry and Forest Ecology

2004: Guest researcher at the SLU, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre in Alnarp / Sweden

2006 to current:Head of Institute for Forest Ecosystems, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (TI)

2006 to current: Associated Professor for Forest Ecology, Goettingen University, Faculty of Forestry and Forest Ecology

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