Function and Responsibilities:

·       Operation of CAWa-station network (ROMPS)

·       Operation of tide gauge stations lake Issyk Kul

·       Maintenance of tide gauge stations in Indonesia and other coastal areas of the Indian Ocean

·       Close cooperation with social scientists under the umbrella of the DFG-SPP-SeaLevel-project 1889 to involve the local society into the scientific work

·       Radar altimetry ground truthing Lake Issyk Kul (Kyrgyzstan)

·       Expedition officer of section 1.2

Research Interests:

·       GNSS at tide gauges

·       Quality control of (tide gauge) data

·       Satellite altimetry for inland water bodies and reservoirs

·       Satellite altimetry and tide gauges for sea level change and tsunami research

·       Calibration of radar altimeters

·       Subsidence in coastal megacities

·       Scientific programming

Career:

·       03.2007 – 08.2007 Internship Data, Information and IT-services Center GFZ

·       since 08.2007 Researcher Section 1.2

Education:

·       01.06.2006 Dipl.-Ing. Geodesy TU Berlin

Projects:

    TRANSFER (EU-Project): Assessment and reduction of tsunami risk in Europe

    ·       Risk assessment for European tsunamis

    GITEWS: German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System

    ·       Installation and maintenance of tide gauge stations

    ·       Implementation tsunami detection algorithm

    PROTECTS: PROject for Training, Education and Consulting for Tsunami Early Warning Systems

    ·       Train Indonesian scientists for operation and maintenance of GITEWS tide gauge stations 

    CAWa: Central Asian Water

    ·       Installation and maintenance of hydrometeorological stations

    ·       Radar altimetry for monitoring of inland water bodies and reservoirs for prediction of water availability

    ·       Provision hydrometeorological data in Central Asia (SDSS)

     CoRSEA: 'Coastal and Regional Sea Level Change and Subsidence' under the umbrella of DFG-SPP 1889 (Sea Level Change and Society)

    ·       Monitoring of relative and absolute  sea level change with GNSS, tide gauges, InSAR and altimetry

Cooperation with bfg (German Federal Institute of Hydrology)

• Pre-study for the operational application of satellite altimetry in the business unit of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
  

Research Boards and Committees:

·       Member UNESCO/IOC GLOSS Group of Experts