As part of my PhD, I carry out research within the DFG funded collaborative research center Future Rural Africa (https://www.crc228.de/), project A01: Future Carbon Storage. Within that interdisciplinary project, my work in Namibia mainly consists of vegetation surveys which aim to determine synergies and trade-offs along the conservation and intensification pathways of rural future-making. We aim to quantify carbon storage in trees, dynamics of carbon storage under land-use change, disturbance impacts on woody vegetation, and ecosystem functioning in savannas.

seit 2017

PhD student for vegetation ecology

2009-2017

Staatsexamen/State Examination (level of MSc degree) for Biology, History and Educational Sciences, University of Cologne.

2007-2009

Studies in Biology, University of Cologne

seit 2018

Doctoral Researcher within Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) Future Rural Africa, INRES - Institute for Crop Science and Ressource Conservation, University of Bonn

2017-2018

Limpopo Living Landscapes (LLL) project, Rep of South Africa and TROPAGS, University of Göttingen

2015-2017

Working on Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF), University of Cologne