Curriculum vitae
Professional experience
- Since 2019: Full Professor for Environmental Analysis and Planning in Metropolitan Regions, Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum
- 2016 - 2019: Junior professor in Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2012 - 2015: PostDoc at the Department for Environmental Policy, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- 2010 - 2016: PostDoc at the Institute of Environmental Planning, Faculty for Architecture and Landscape, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2007 - 2010: External Doctoral Researcher at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Environmental Planning
- 2006 - 2007: Employee (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Environmental Planning
Education
- 2019: Successful mid-term evaluation of Junior Professorship, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2018: Habilitation and Venia Legendi in ‘Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services’, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2011: PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Environmental Planning, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2006: Master in Design Studies, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA
- 2005: Master (Dipl.-Ing.), with distinction, in Landscape and Open Space Planning, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Fellowships and awards
- 2023: Reviewer of the Year of the journal npj Urban Sustainability
- 2015 - 2019: Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Sub-Global assessment for Europe and Central Asia
- 2013: IALE-D Graduate Award for best dissertation in landscape ecology, IALE Germany
- 2012: Lennart-Bernadotte-Prize for exceptional dissertations in landscape management, Germany
- 2007 - 2010: PhD-Scholarship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Studienstiftung, Germany
- 2005 - 2006: Charles W. Holtzer Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Harvard University, USA
- 2005 - 2006: Postgraduate Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), Germany
- 2003 - 2005: Scholarship from the Foundation of the German Economy (Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft), Germany
Memberships
Leadership Roles
Editorial Work
Memberships in Advisory Boards
Leadership of Working Groups
Membership in Working Groups
Projects
- KOLA - Empirical research on theories and methods in contemporary landscape framework plans (2022 - 2025): PI
- REP-NBS: (re)Planning Nature-Based Solutions and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Transformations (2021 - 2023, FORMAS): PI
- FACTCHECK BIODIVERSITY – a German National Biodiversity Assessment (2021 - 2023): Lead Author for a Chapter on Urban Areas
- People-Nature-Relations: Assessing impacts of green and blue infrastructure restoration on people.place relations (2020 - 2023): PI
- BES-Dashboards: Developing biodiversity and ecosystem services dashboards to inform landscape planning and governance (2020 - 2023): PI
- RIVERSPACE – More space for rivers (2021 - 2024, UBA): Work Package Lead
- SOUNDPLAN – Integrating Soundscape in Landscape Planning (2021 - 2023, CSC): Co-PI with Prof. Jiang, Fuzhou University
- PLACES – Planning Metropolitan Landscapes Lab (since 2019): PI
- PlanSmart – Planning and Governing Nature-based Solutions in River Landscapes (2016 - 2022, BMBF): PI and Co-Lead (with Dr. Schröter)
- RESI-LAHN – River Ecosystem Services Index Follow-Up Project Lahn (2019 - 2020, BMBF): Work Package Lead
- UNCERTAINTY – Charting the unknown, uncertainties in landscape planning (2013 - 2018, DFG): Co-PI with Prof. von Haaren
- STANDARD-COSTS – Cost standards for ecosystem services impairments (2015 - 2016, UBA): Co-PI with Dr. Beck, UFZ
- CES – Valueing cultural ecosystem services in Germany (2013 - 2018, BMUB): Co-PI with Prof. Dr. von Haaren
- TEEB-DE – Natural Capital Germany Study on Ecosystem Services in Rural Areas (2013 - 2016, BMUB): Co-editor with Prof. von Haaren
- SCOPING NEA-DE – A scoping study for a national ecosystem assessment in Germany (2012 - 2014, UFZ): Coordinator with Prof. Görg
- QUANTIFY – Quantifying ecosystem services for landscape planning (2012 - 2014, LUH start up fund): PI
- SMARTSPATIAL – Opportunity Assessments and Environmental Aspects of Smart Grits (2012 - 2015, Lower Saxony Ministry for Research and Culture), Co-PI with Prof. von Haaren
- INTEGRATIVE ENERGY CROP PRODUCTION (2011, Lower Saxony Ministry for Research and Culture), Collaborator with Prof. von Haaren and Prof. Rode
- DIEPHOLZ – Establishing sustainable nature conservation strategies for the Diepholz peatlands (2006 - 2007, DBU): Collaborator with Prof. von Haaren and Prof. Petermann
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