• Researcher and project coordinator at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2, at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
• Degree in Geobotany and Computer Science, started out in a joint field project in China and Jülich, and later in Montpellier, France,
• Main topics include: plant nutrition and resilience against flooding and other stress, development of sensors and measurement techniques, soil and water microorganism performance
• Central focus on algae: added-value-chain of microalgal lipid production to jet fuel; coordination of the IBG-2 AlgaeScienceCenter with three pilot scale algae production facilities since 2016