Scientific Director

• Studies of biology, public law and psychology at the University of Frankfurt/Main Main and at the University of Marburg

• 1996 – 1998: research associate at the University of Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Department Nature Conservation

• 1998: research associate at the Landesanstalt für Großschutzgebiete Brandenburg (Brandenburg state agency for large protected areas), Eberswalde, Germany

• 1996 – 1998: scientific coordinator of a joint research project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) (German Federal Environmental Foundation): Nature Conservation in agricultural Landscapes

• Since 1999: Scientific Director of the IÖW