2021 - 2023
| Co-Chair of the German Bioeconomy Council |
2020 - present
| Co-Chair of the Baden-Württemberg federal government's advisory board "Sustainable Bioeconomy" |
2018 - present
| Speaker of the European Bioeconomy University (EBU) |
2018 - present
| Chief Bioeconomy Officer, University of Hohenheim |
| April 2018 - June 2018 | Research sabbatical, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José |
| April 2015 - March 2018 | Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Hohenheim |
2015 - 2020
| Member of the Advisory Council “Bioeconomy for Bavaria” |
2014 - present
| Member of the BMBF Expert Advisory Board “Agricultural systems of the future” |
2014 - present
| Responsible for international Master’s programme “Bioeconomy”, University of Hohenheim |
| 2014 - 2017 | Member of the DFG Senate Commission on Agroecosystems Research |
2013 - 2016
| Member of the Supervisory Board of BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Stuttgart |
| 2012 - 2015 | Managing Director of the Centre for Bioenergy and Biobased Products at the University of Hohenheim |
2012 - 2014
| Member of the Baden-Württemberg Bioeconomy Strategy Group |
2012 - present
| Responsible for Master’s programme “Bioenergy and Biobased Products”, University of Hohenheim |
2012 - present
| GCB Bioenergy, Associate Editor (until 2015). Since 2017, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board |
February 2010
| Appointed to the Chair and Professorship in Biobased Products and Energy Crops at the University of Hohenheim |
Nov. 2008 - January 2010
| Global Biomass R&D Program Manager at Shell Global Solutions, Amsterdam
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Sept. 2006 - October 2008
| Senior Researcher at Shell Global Solutions, Amsterdam
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June 2001 - August 2006
| Senior Researcher at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Department of Science, Technology and Society, Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
March - April 2001
| Visiting Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oakridge, Tennessee, USA |
December 2000
| Received Postdoctoral lecture qualification in Crop Science.
Title of dissertation: “Production of energy grasses and cereals: Opportunities and limitations for the production of biogenic solid fuels using the examples Miscanthus, reed canary grass, and winter grain” |
October 1994 - September 2000
| Senior Researcher at the University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science and Grassland, Department of Agronomy |
January 1993 - September 1994
| Researcher at the University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science and Grassland, Department of Agronomy |
April 1990 - Nov. 1992
| Researcher at the University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science and Grassland, Department of Agronomy. Awarded PhD for thesis: "Development of an in vitro culture system for Miscanthus sinensis (Thunb.) Anderss. 'Giganteus' as a prerequisite for microproagation". |
January - February 1990
| Worked for the maize breeding programme at the Agricultural Research Station, Bethlehem, Republic of South Africa |
October 1989
| Awarded Degree in Agricultural Science with specialization in Crop Science from the University of Hohenheim.
Dissertation: “Effects of green and farmyard manure on the humus content of soil and yields of rotation crops in the region of Cukurova, Adana Province, Turkey”. Experimental part of thesis carried out during 4-month stay at Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey |
