since 1999

Senior Scientist at the Departments of Organic Farming & Cropping and Ecological Plant Protection at the University of Kassel

1997-1999

Employee at Engineer Office PlanCoTec, Neu-Eichenberg

1990-1996

PhD, Junior Scientist, University of Kassel, Dissertation "Suppressive effects of composts from separately collected organic wastes and cattle manure compost on soilborne diseases" (Prof. Dr. H. Vogtmann)

1987-1990

Study of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Göttingen, Diploma-thesis: "Survival of some phytopathogens during composting of yard and biogenic waste" (Prof. Dr. G. Wolf)

1983-1987

Study of agriculture, University of Kassel, Diploma-thesis: "Phytosanitary effects of selected compost from different raw materials against the root rot pathogen Pythium ultimum" (Dr. C. Schüler)

1981-1983

Vocational training on-farm

  • European Association for Potato Research (EAPR)
  • International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR)
  • Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft (DPG)