2021-today
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Soil Science (since 2024 “Institute of Earth System Sciences”), Leibnitz University Hannover, Prof. Dr. Stephan Peth

2018-2019
8-month paternity leave

2017- 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Soil Science, University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Stephan Peth

2017
Dr. agr. (summa cum laude), Justus Liebig University Giessen

2016-2017
Scientific assistant (Doctoral Student), Institute for Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens

2014-2015
Scientific assistant (Doctoral Student), Department of Soil Science, University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Stephan Peth

2011-2014
Scientific assistant (Doctoral Student), Institute for Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Prof. Dr. Peter Felix-Henningsen

Education

2008-2010
Master of Science, Environmental and Resource management, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2005-2008
Bachelor of Science, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2011 – 2013
Doctoral Student in the DFG project “Biotic and abiotic factors affecting biological soil crust formation and recovery in a semiarid dune ecosystem: Gaza and NW Negev“

2014-2015
Research assistant in the DBU project “Development of selfcompacting backfill material with root growth impeding properties under preferential use of locally excavated material - to protect tree roots and subterranean infrastructure in urban areas“

2017-2021
Postxoc in the DFG Research Unit RU2179: “MAD Soil - Microaggregates: formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils”

Ad hoc reviewer for journals

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Biogeochemistry
• Catena
• Ecological Engineering
• Ecosphere
• European Journal of Soil Science
• Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths
• Land Degradation and Development
• Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Journal of Applied Phycology
• Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
• Plant and Soil
• PLOS ONE
• Quarternary International
• Restoration Ecology
• Soil & Tillage Research
• Soil Science Society of America Journal
• Soil Systems
• Sustainability

Editorial contributions

• Editor Handbuch der Bodenkunde
• Guest Editor Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Guest Editor Frontiers in Microbiology

Memberships in Scientific Societies

• German Soil Science Society (DBG)
• European Geosciences Union
• Geographical Society of Marburg
• Geographical Society of Giessen

2023
1. Place: Excellence in Teaching Award for Higher Education of the state of Hesse, Germany

2017
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Justus Liebig University Gießen

2016
Young Micromorphologist Publication Award, International Union of Soil Sciences