Qualifications and Career
| Stages | Periods and Details |
|---|---|
| Diploma | Landschaftsplanung und Landschaftsarchitektur, 2001-2007, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; final thesis on “Ecological impacts of the introduced quinine tree (Cinchona spp.) in Hawai‘i“; graduated with honours |
| Doctorate | 2008-2012, Prof. Dr. I. Kowarik, “Urban Meadows: Biodiversity Patterns and Restoration Potential”, Graduate School Urban Ecology Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin & Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; summa cum laude |
| Stages of academic / professional career | since 2021, Vice Dean, Faculty I, University of Stuttgart |
| since 2019, Course Director in M.Sc. Integrated Urbanism and Design (IUSD), University of Stuttgart (DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Course) | |
| since 2019 Professor (W3) of Landscape Planning and Ecology (ILPOE) and Head of Institute, University of Stuttgart. Full professorship with 9 SWS teaching obligation per term plus supervision of numerous B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses mainly in the fields of urban and landscape planning, environmental engineering, urban ecology | |
| 2011-2019, Research Assistant at the Department of Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin | |
| 2011-2019, Freelance work, especially in the field of urban ecology and botany | |
| Formal training | 1999-2001, Landscape gardener, Becker Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau, Zuzenhausen near Heidelberg, Germany |