Function and Responsibilities:

Consultant Public Relations, Deputy Head of Working Group

• internal communication
• scientific communication
• event management

Research Interests:

Career:

• since 02/18:    Press and Public Relations Office at the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ 
• 01/17-03/18:   Postdoctoral researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); focus: conference coordinator of IW 2017
• 11/13-11/18:   Postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI); focus: executive director of the IPA, conference manager of the ICOP 2016, secretariat of GTN-P
• 2010-2013:     PhD student at German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ; focus: dendroclimatological investigations on tropical tree rings, collaboration in setting up the dendrochronology laboratory 
• 2009-2010:     Student research assistant at German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ 
• 2006-2009:     Project assistant, WetterOnline GmbH, Bonn 
• 2007-2008:     Project assistant, Germanwatch e.V., Bonn 

Education:

• 2014: DISSERTATION (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geosciences, University of Potsdam and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Topic: “Tracking climate signals in tropical trees - New insights from Indonesian stable isotope records“, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Brauer, Dr. G. Helle
• 2009: DIPLOMA IN GEOGRAPHY, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, diploma thesis at GFZ
• 2005-2006: Exchange semester (ERASMUS), Institute of Geography, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
• 2003-2009: Studies in Geography, University of Bonn, Minor subjects: Meteorology and Agricultural Policy and Development Sociology

Awards:

• 2014: DAAD travel grant for the 9^th International Conference on Dendrochronology in Melbourne, Australia
• 2013: Young Scientist's Travel Award for EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria
• 2013: Award for best poster at GFZ PhD-Day 2013, Potsdam, Germany
• 2011: Award for outstanding oral presentation at TRACE 2011 conference, Nancy, France, awarded by the Association of Tree-Ring Research (ATR) 
• 2011: Award for outstanding MSc/Master-Thesis 2009/10, Nancy, France, awarded by the Association of Tree-Ring Research (ATR) 
• 2005: ERASMUS Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, Grenoble, France