• Internationale Waldpolitik
• Klima, Wald und Landnutzung
• Internationale Wald-Ressourcen-Erfassung

Spezialisiert in

• Biodiversity Monitoring System
• Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR)
• REDD+
• Participatory Forest Management
• Forest Inventory

Räumliche Expertise

• Nepal
• Großbritannien
• Vietnam
• Deutschland
• Costa Rica

Education

• M.Sc. in Tropical and International Forestry, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany (Thesis - not submitted)
• M.Sc. in Environmental Forestry, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
• M.Sc. in Tropical Forestry and Management, Technical University Dresden (TUD), Germany
• Ph D in Forestry (Dr. rer. nat), University of Hamburg, Institute for World Forestry, Germany

Work experience

• 12/1991-07/2005 Forest Ranger Department of Forests, Nepal
• 04/1996-03/1999 District Liaison Officer (Volunteer) SEED TREE, 802 West Cape Jellison Road, Stockton Springs, Maine 04981, USA
• 04/1999-07/2005 Forestry Coordinator (Volunteer) SEED TREE, 802 West Cape Jellison Road, Stockton Springs, Maine 04981, USA
• 05/2008-07/2008 Research Assistant Tyfiant Coed Project, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
• 09/2012-01/2013 Researcher Griffith University (ABN 78 106 094 461) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
• 08/2009-12/2013 Research Scientist Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (TI)/Institute for World Forestry, Hamburg, Germany
• 05/2014 - 08/2015 Research Associate, Secretariat European Forest Institute (EFI) Project Centre SURF (Supporting the Global Implementation of REDD+ and FLEGT), University of Hamburg, Germany
• since 09/2015 Senior Researcher, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Sustainable Forest Management approaches to foster Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation interactions (SAFARI 2015 - 2018)
• Biodiversity- and carbon assessment and -monitoring in South Sumatra, Indonesia (BICAMSu 2015-2016)

• Vice President  Friends of Nature, Nepal (FON Nepal)
• Review of Journals – Forest Policy and Economics, Land Use Policy, The International Forestry Review
• Supervision – BSc Thesis, Potentiality of Community Forest for Wildlife based tourism, Nepal