Curriculum vitae

  • since 01/2024: Research associate at the University of Kassel (50%), subject area aquatic ecology in landscape planning, coordinator of the project ‘Conservation and cultivation of thick-shelled river mussels in Rhineland-Palatinate’

  • since 05/2022: Research associate at the University of Koblenz, Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, project leader ‘Research cooperation for thick-shelled river mussel conservation’ and since 11/2023 ‘Conservation and cultivation of thick-shelled river mussels in Rhineland-Palatinate’ (50%)

  • 01/2021 – 12/2023: Research associate in the INTASAQUA project at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) within the WG Molecular Zoology, Chair of Zoology (50%)

  • 02/2020 – 04/2023: Project coordinator INTASAQUA (50 %) at the Institute of Integrated Natural Sciences (IfIN), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz (50 %)

  • 11/2017 – 05/2019: Research associate at the Institute of Integrated Natural Sciences (IfIN), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Project 'Integrative species protection of aquatic species with special responsibility (INTASAQUA)'

  • 01/2016 – 11/2017: Research associate at the Institute of Integrated Natural Sciences (IfIN), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Project 'Ecological impact of trace pollutants within effluent of waste water treatment plants on benthic macroinvertebrates'

  • 02/2016 Completion of the PhD at the Institute for Environmental Sciences (IfU), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau; ‘Impact of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus on trophic interactions under field conditions’

  • 2015 Doctoral final scholarship holder at the Institute for Environmental Sciences (IfU), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, WG Ecotoxicology & Environment, Team Fish and Freshwater Ecology

  • 2012 – 2014 Scientific researcher at the Institute for Environmental Sciences (IfU), University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, WG Ecotoxicology & Environment, Team Community Limnology, within the frame of a PhD project, DFG-Projekt ‘Trophic interactions between native and invasive amphipod species in aquatic systems’

  • 2006 – 2011 Study course ‘Diploma Environmental Sciences’ at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Applied Ecology (major subject), diploma thesis: ‘Development of group-specific primers for genetic gut content analyses’

  • 2003 – 2006 Study course ‘Diploma Biology’ at the Technical University Kaiserslautern