about me...


research interests & memberships
others


appointments & educations

since 2008Scientist at Ecological Systems Laboratory (ECOS), Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne (EPFL)
since 2006 Scientist at CEMAGREF Grenoble, Unit of Mountain Ecosystems
2002-2006 Junior scientist at CABI Bioscience Switzerland and PhD.-student at the University of Fribourg, Unit of Ecology & Evolution with H. Müller-Schärer
1996-2002 Collaborator in different landscape architecture offices in the UK, France and Germany
2001 Scientific collaborator, KWATA, Cayenne, French Guiana
1999-2001 Research Assistant at Chair of Vegetation Ecology, TU Munich, Germany
1996-2002 Studies of landscape architecutre and landscape ecology at the Technical University Munich-Weihenstephan, diplomathesis about the habitat of manatees in French Guiana under the supervision of J. Pfadenhauer
1998-1999 Erasmus exchange semester at ENITHP Angers, France
1993-1995 Professional training as landscape gardener

grants, fundings & awards

Research grants of the Conseil général de l'Isère
Prize in environmental research of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Bristol Foundation (2006-2007, co-applicant)
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowships for Prospective Researchers (2006-2007, not exerted)
Travel grant of the University of Fribourg (2005)
Research grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2005, co-applicant)
Travel grant of the Swiss Academy of Science (2003)
Travel grant of the British Ecological Society (2002)
Research grant of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2001)
Travel grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (2001)

research interests

society memberships

impact of climate change
long-term observations and land-use changes British Ecological Society
plant-soil interactions Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ökologie
invasive species Ecological Society of America
conservation ecology

reviewer for international journals

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (AGEE); Basic and Applied Ecology (BAAE); Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS); Journal of Zoology (JourZoo); Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (PPEES); Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN).

last update: Feb 09