University education
1989-1990: Training in Basic Biology, University of Giessen.
1990-1996: Training in Biology with focus on Fisheries Biology, Marine Zoology and Physical Oceanography, University of Kiel.
1996: Diploma (equiv. M.Sc.). Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel. Thesis topic: “Consumption of zooplankton by the populations of herring and sprat in the Central Baltic Sea.” Supervisors: Profs. D. Schnack and H. Rosenthal, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.
2002: Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. Ph.D.). Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel. Thesis topic: “The influence of hydrography and predation by herring (Clupea harengus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) on mesozooplankton long-term dynamics in the Central Baltic Sea”. Supervisors: Profs. D. Schnack and J. Lenz, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.
Employment
1996–2003: Project Scientist at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.
2003-2004: Project Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark.
2004-2006: Research Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark.
2006: Senior Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark
July 2006- April 2008: Senior Scientist at the Institute of Hydrobiology and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Germany
since May 2008: Professor at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Germany