Skills
- PhD Degree in Biology (2001, Universität Göttingen)
- main focus on soil zoology and soil ecology
Excellent taxonomical knowledge about
- springtails (Collembola)
- oribatid mites (Oribatida)
- rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
- identification on species level
Analysing of soil samples and pit fall traps,
particular with regard to
- “soil mites” (Gamasina, Uropodina, Astigmata, Prostigmata)
- centipedes (Geophilidae, Lithobiidae)
- ground beetle (Carabidae)
- millipedes (Julidae)
Scientific career
- studies and PhD thesis at the University of Göttingen (group of Prof. Matthias Schaefer)
- postdoc position at the University of Giessen (group of Prof. Volkmar Wolters)
- postdoc position at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (group of Prof. Thomas Frank)
Focussing on my research I am strongly interested in the interactions between plant- and Collembola communities in forest and grassland ecosystems. (see list of publications)