since 2009 Research associate, IOER
since 2008 Lecturer at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
2008-2009 Teacher at the St. Benno-Gymnasium Dresden
1994-2007 Research associate at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
1993-1994 Research associate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Doctorate geo-ecology at the Potsdam University (Ph.D) 1993
Graduate diploma teacher for geography and mathematics (1985-1990) )

• Green City Lab Dresden – Compact City in the Ecological Network
• Ecosystem services at the national level in Germany
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for plans and programs at the federal level – methods, procedures, legal foundation
• Integrating military conversion, regional capacity building and wilderness development (CO-PRO-WILD)

International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE)
Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz (BBN)
European Land-use Institute (ELI)
Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP)
German network for long-term ecological research (LTER-D)
Landschaftsforschungszentrum Dresden (LFZ)