Since 08/2024 Research associate at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Project Data2Resilience at the Institute of Geography.
Work: Project management, scientific dissemination and public outreach.
11/2021 – 06/2024 Postdoc at the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)
Project CoKLIMAx at the Climate Service Center Germany(GERICS): Use of Copernicus data for climate-resilient urban planning using water, heat and vegetation as examples.
Work: Integration of climate projection data and urban information using GIS, build-up of database for climate and other environmental data within an ArcGIS Enterprise, urban climate modelling, stakeholder analysis, representation of CoKLIMAx at scientific conferences
06/2018 – 10/2021 Doctoral student and staff member in the Helmholtz Institute for Climate Service Science (HICSS) at the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)
Project LANDMATE: Modelling human LAND surface Modifications and its feedback on local and regional cliMATE
Work: assessment on land cover and land use representation in regional climate models (RCMs), development of customized, realistic land cover time series for the use in RCMs, representation of LANDMATE at scientific conferences
10/2014 - 09/2018 Student assistant job, Universität Hamburg (Assistant of the department manager, Department of Earth Sciences, assistant lecturer in several methods courses)
12/2014 – 02/2016 Student worker in Service and PR, Casamundo GmbH, Hamburg (PRmonitoring, social media evaluation and reporting, Handling of press inquiries)
08/2013 – 11/2014 Student assistant job, Universität Hamburg (Assistant lecturer for basic statistics and EDP) 09/2012 – 03/2013 Student assistant job, Universität Hamburg (Development and implementation of a survey regarding alumni of the Institute of Geography, Hamburg)
09/2009 – 06/2010 Training as an insurance clerk, ERGO Group, Karlsruhe (Customer service and acquisition, needs assessment, damage and coverage assessment)
Education
06/2018 – 02/2022 Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat) doctoral subject of Earth System Sciences Topic of thesis: ‘The improvement of land use and land cover representation in regional climate models’ (Final grade: magna cum laude, 1.3)
04/2015 – 03/2018 Master of Science in Geography, Universität Hamburg Key aspects: Earth System Sciences, Geoinformatics, Climate & Environmental Modeling Topic of thesis: ‘Sensitivity analysis of climate parameters to planetary boundary layer parameterizations in WRF over the complex terrain of Rolwaling Himal (Nepal)’ (Final grade: passed with distinction, 1.04)
10/2011 – 03/2015 Bachelor of Science in Geography, Universität Hamburg Topic of thesis: ‘Bewertung und Differenzierung der Standortheterogenität von zwei Forststandorten im Eißendorfer Sunder (Harburger Berge) anhand bodenkundlicher Kriterien unter Berücksichtigung der Nährstofflüsse in der Bodenlösung’ (Final grade: 1.6)
10/2010 – 09/2011 Studies in Geography and German, Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT)
09/1999 – 06/2008 Abitur at the Otto-HahnGymnasium, Karlsruhe (Final grade: 2.4)
Scholarships
03/2016, 10/2016 & 03/2017 Three-time PROMOS-Scholarship holder (DAAD) for research within the TREELINE project at the Rolwaling Valley, Nepal (Installation and initial commissioning of new climate stations, maintenance of the climate station network located in the Rolwaling Valley, dismantling of the soil subproject)
Further qualifications
Languages: German – Native speaker, English – Level C2, Educated native speaker (DAAD)
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