Before embarking on my scientific journey I learned the art of programming as a software developer at Bertelsmann and arvato Systems in Gütersloh, Germany. I then earned Diploma and PhD degrees working with Horst Malchow in the Systems Science Group at the University of Osnabrück, before joining Ivana Gudelj's Evolutionary Systems Biology group at the University of Exeter. I then spent two years as a lecturer with the Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling Group of Ursula Gaedke at the University of Potsdam, before arriving in the lakeside town of Plön.
Experience
since 04/2016
Staff ScientistMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany Department of Theoretical Biology
04/2014 - 03/2016
LecturerUniversity of Potsdam, Germany Research Group Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling
11/2011 - 03/2014
Associate Research FellowUniversity of Exeter, UK Research Group Evolutionary Systems Biology
04/2009 - 10/2011
Research and Teaching AssistantUniversity of Osnabrück, Germany Institute of Environmental Systems Research
02/2003 - 03/2009 08/2000 - 01/2003
Software Developerarvato Systems GmbH, Germany (part time) Bertelsmann AG, Germany
Education
10/2011
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)University of Osnabrück, Germany
03/2009
Diploma in Applied Systems ScienceUniversity of Osnabrück, Germany
