Function and Responsibilities:
Head of public relations and media relations
Research Interests:
Geomorphology, climate, ice ages, science communication
Education:
Trained journalist (daily newspapers), diploma in geography (major) with minors economy and meteorology; alma mater Freie Universität Berlin; one year at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; member of the editorial staff (science editor) of the "Berliner Zeitung"; press officer for "Forschungsverbund Berlin", Leibniz Association, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences; lecturer at Technische Universität Berlin (Science Journalism) and other universities in Germany
Awards:
Alumnus of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Science Press Officer of the Year 2010
idw Prize for Science Communication (2016)