Ombudsman for Scientific Integrity of the Thünen Institute (2009 - 2020)

Appointee for Biosafety (BBS)

• European Journal of Soil Biology (Honorary Editor-in-Chief)
• Previous Editor of FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Ad-hoc expert for Environmental Microbiology, ISME Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Molecular Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, and many others

• "Biodiversity", Lecture (Part Microbiology; Bachelor-Students, Geo-ecology)
• "Ecology of Microorganisms", Lecture (Bachelor-Students, Biology/Biotechnology)
• "Microbial Transformations", Lecture and Exercises (Part Microbial Ecology; Master Students, Geo-ecology)
• Guidance for Bachelor- Master- and PhD-Theses at the TU Braunschweig

• Member of the GMO-Panel of EFSA (European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy), 2009 to 2018 (Scientific risk assessment of genetically modified organisms for cultivation, and food or feed uses); ad-hoc member of various working groups  

• 4th Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics and Workshop. Understanding and Managing Soil Microbiomes. Braunschweig, December 2019
• 3rd Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics and Workshop. From Gene Predictions to Systems Ecology. Braunschweig, Dezember 2016
• 2nd Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics and Workshop. Mining and Learning from Metagenomes. Braunschweig, December 2013
• Soil Metagenomics 2010: Implications of Next-Generation DNA Sequencing on Microbial Diversity Research and Soil Ecology. Braunschweig, December 2010
• BAGECO 9: 9th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology. Wernigerode. Juni 2009

• Verein für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM; German Microbiology Association)
• International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)