Career history
since 09/16 Vice President for Research and Transfer, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany
since 10/06 Professor for Agronomy and Quality Management, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany:
- teaching Agronomy, Plant Nutrition, Soil Science
- initiating research on Sustainable Plant Production
11/04-09/06 Scientific Coordinator at the Research Centre for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Göttingen, Germany:
- coordinating and initiating interdisciplinary research on environmental issues in agriculture
11/03-10/04 Coordinator for Organic Farming at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany:
- coordinating interdisciplinary research and teaching in organic farming
- preparing the Master ‘International Organic Food Chain Management’ (started October 2005)
6/98-10/03 Research scientist and lecturer at the Institute for Agronomy and Grassland, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany:
- research in seed science, soil tillage, general agronomy,
- teaching agronomy, supervising BSc.-, MSc. - and PhD-students
- Habilitation in Agronomy (10/03)
5/97-5/98Research scientist and lecturer at the Institute for Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Agricultural University Vienna, Austria:
- research in seed science, soil tillage, general agronomy
- teaching agronomy, supervising MSc.- and PhD-students
11/94-4/97 Research Scientist at the Institute for Arable Crops Research Rothamsted (IACR-Rothamsted), England:
- research on the biology and control of volunteer oilseed rape’
7/89-10/94 Research Scientist and PhD-student at the Institute for Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Göttingen:
- research on fodder legumes in organic farming and factors causing secondary dormancy in oilseed rape
Research interests:
Sustainable plant production systems, e.g. intercropping, conservation agriculture, integrating legumes into rotations