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

• Executive Director of the Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum
• President of the IALE-D, the German Section of the International Association of Landscape Ecology
• Steering Committee Member, Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP)
• Transition Team Member, International Geodesign Collaboration (IGC)
• Member of the Faculty Council (Fakultätsrat) of the Faculty of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum

 Editorial Work

• Member of the Editorial Board of Landscape and Urban Planning, Landscape Ecology, Social-Ecological Practice Research and Landscape Architecture Frontiers
• Associate Editor for Ecosystems and People
• Editor for Landscape Online
• Editor of the Ecosystem Services Book Series
• Subject Editor for One Ecosystem

Memberships in Advisory Boards

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Research Institute of Regional and Urban Development (ILS) in Dortmund, Germany

Leadership of Working Groups

• Working Group on Landscape Planning of the International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE), ongoing
• Working Group on the Application in Planning Working Group, Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), ongoing
• Working Group, Innovation Network Ecosystem Services (ESP-DE), ongoing
• Working Group on Ecosystem Services in Spatial Planning, Academy of Territorial development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) (2019-2022)

Membership in Working Groups

• Working Group on Ecosystem Services, German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
• State Working Group for North Rhine-Westphalia at the Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Assocation (ARL)
• Extended Working Group on the Future of Planning at the Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Assocation (ARL)
• Competence Field Metropolitan Research, University Alliance Ruhr

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