Personal and professional background

1966

born in Münster

1986

Abitur

1986 - 1988

Community service

1988 - 1994

Different internships in agricultural operations in Schleswig-Holstein

1988 - 1994

Agriculture studies at the Kiel University and the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, plant production

1994

diploma in agricultural engineering

1995 - 1998

scientific employee at the institute for plant nutrition and soil science at Kiel University

1996 - 1997

Research stays at the National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn / Alabama; USA

1998

doctorate with the title “Auswirkungen differenzierter Bodenbearbeitung auf die Bodenstabilität und das Regenerationsvermögen lößbürtiger Ackerstandorte”

1998 - 1999

scientific assistant at the institute for plant nutrition and soil science at Kiel University; coordination of the project “Concerted Action on Subsoil Compaction” funded by the EU”

1999 - 2002

referent for soil, fertilisation and environment at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein

2002 - 2005

refererent for arable farming and crop cultivation at the Ministry of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein

2005 - 2010

referent for Federal Council matters at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Schleswig-Holstein

2010 - 2013

management of the coordination centre at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Schleswig-Holstein

2013 - 2016

management of the department crop cultivation, crop protection and environment at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein

seit 2016

appointed as professor for crop nutrition and soil science at the Faculty of Agriculture at the UAS Kiel