Personal and professional background

1979

born in Uelzen

1999

Abitur

1999 - 2000

military service

2000

internship: teaching and research facility Ruthe, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover

2000 - 2005

Agriculture studies at the University of Göttingen, economics and social sciences in farming, degree: Master of Science

2002

Internship North Dakota, USA, Communication for Agricultural Exchange Program

2005 - 2008

Scientific employee at the department for agricultural economics and rural development (Professorship “Marketing for agricultural products and foods”) at Göttingen University

2008

doctorate with the title “Quality Assurance Systems in the Agri-Food Chain”

2009 - 2011

Manager, Market Intelligence, Deere & Company, Customer & Market Information, European Office, Mannheim

2011 - 2013

Manager, Customer Research, Deere & Company, Enterprise Market Research, Mannheim

2013 - 2018

Market Planner Crop Harvesting, John Deere GmbH & Co. KG, Strategic Marketing, Mannheim

seit 2018

appointed as professor for value chain management in Agriculture and Food Economy at the Faculty of Agriculture at the UAS Kiel