| since 2009 |
Research Scientist: Databasing and digitizing of herbarium M type specimens
for Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Curating and databasing of “Flora Tibetica /
The Himalayan Uplands Plant database” for GBIF Switzerland and Herbarium MSB (honorary). |
| 2006 – 2008 |
Research Assistant and freelance: Global Mountain Bodiversity Assessment (GMBA),
University of Basel: The Himalayan Uplands Database to GBIF (SNF). – USAID / Texas
A&M University: Flora of Afghanistan. – University of Innsbruck: Taxonomy,
Phylogeny and Phytochemistry of Leontopodium (FWF). – University of Göttingen /
Alterra Wageningen: SynBioSys Flora Europaea database maintenance. –
Biologische Schutzgemeinschaft Göttingen: Mapping and databasing „Neue Flora von Göttingen“. |
| 2002 – 2006 |
Freelance and honorary: Vegetation of Karakorum and Tibet (University of Marburg,
University of Gießen); Tibetan Medicinal Plants (Universiy of Applied Sciences, Vienna);
Flora and Vegetation of Ladakh (Czech Academy of Sciences); Taxonomy of Rhodiola
(University of Jena); Taxonomy of the Edelweiss, Leontopodium (University of Vienna);
Flora, vegetation and landuse in the Kumaon-Himalaya (University of Bonn / University of Heidelberg);
Grazing land vegetation in the Pamirs (University of Erlangen); Herbarium curation and databasing
“Flora Karakorumensis” / “Flora Tibetica” (University of Göttingen). |
| 1996 – 2002 |
Research Fellow University of Marburg (DFG “Flora Karakorumensis”) |
| 1994 – 1996 |
Research Fellow University of Göttingen (DFG Focal Prgramme “Culture Area Karakorum”) |
| 1994 |
PhD [Dr. rer. nat.] University of Göttingen, Prof. Dr. G. Wagenitz.
Thesis: Systematische Revision und chorologische Analyse der Monocotyledoneae
des Karakorum (Zentralasien, West-Tibet) – Flora Karakorumensis I. Angiospermae,
Monocotyledoneae. |
| 1989 – 1993 |
Research Assistant University of Göttingen (DFG “Tibet-Flora”) |
| 1986 – 1988 |
Research Assistant University of Göttingen (DFG “Karakorum-Flora”) |
| 1986 |
MSc [Diplom] in Biology, University of Göttingen. Thesis: [Myosotis scorpioides
s.l. in northern Germany] |
| 1982 – 1986 |
Graduate Assistant University of Göttingen: Courses in plant identification and morphology, excursions |
| 1980 – 1982 |
Freelance: Landesanstalt für Ökologie, Landschaftsentwicklung und Forstplanung NRW, Recklinghausen |
| 1980 – 1986 |
Study of Biology, University of Göttingen |
| 1978 – 1980 |
Civilian Service: Landeskrankenhaus für Geriatrie, Marienheide |
| 1978 |
Freelance: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Naturschutz und Landschaftsökologie, Bonn |
| 1978 |
A-levels [Abitur] |
| 1959 |
Born in Leverkusen, Germany |
| 2008 |
Nepal (University of Basel / ICIMOD / GLORIA workshop) |
| 2005 |
NW India (University of Heidelberg / Indian Academy of Sciences, New Delhi) |
| 2004 |
NW India (University of Bonn / Foundation of Ecological Security, Munsiyari) |
| 2002 |
Tajikistan (DAAD, University of Bayreuth / Tajik Acadamy of Sciences) |
| 1996 |
Yunnan (DFG, Academia Sinica Kunming, Symposium “Floristic Diversity of East Asia”) |
| 1995 |
N Pakistan (DFG, Symposium “Culture Area Karakorum”) |
| 1994 |
Tibet / Sichuan (DFG, University of Marburg / Academia Sinica Chengdu) |
| 1989 |
China, Tibet, Qinghai (DFG, University of Göttingen / Academia Sinica Lanzhou) |
| 1986 |
W China, Xinjiang, Karakorum (DFG, University of Göttingen / Academia Sinica Lanzhou) |
| since 1987 |
Berlin (B), Natural History Museum London (BM), Edinburgh (E), Gatersleben (GAT), Göttingen (GOET), Graz (GZU), Halle (HAL), Islamabad (ISL), Kew Gardens (K), Kunming (KUN), München (M, MSB), Pruhonice/Prag (PRC), Rawalpindi (RAW), Salzburg (SZU), Wien (W, WHB, WU), Zürich (Z) |
