• land use
• greenhouse gas emissions
• water productivity
• adaptation to climate change

since 2018

Acting Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy

since 2011
Joint Appointment of Humboldt-University Berlin, Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, and Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Professorship on Strategies for Using Bioresources

since 2003
Head of Department of Technology Assessment at the Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy
Lecturer at Humboldt-University Berlin

2001 – 2002
Research Scientist at the Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim
Lecturer at Humboldt-University Berlin

1995 – 2000
Research Scientist and Lecturer, Humboldt-University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Engineering in Crop Production
Habilitation on assessment of technology and techniques for integrated large-area landscape management in Brandenburg

1991 – 1995
Research Scientist, Humboldt-University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Engineering in Crop Production
Doctoral thesis on technological fundamentals for large-area landscape management in the region Nuthe-Nieplitz-Niederung

1985 – 1991
Study at Humboldt-University Berlin, Crop Production (Dipl.-Ing. agr.), including practical professional training (two years, four farms)
Master thesis on moisture contents of rough forage in relation to process engineering