since 11/2006: Research Assistant of Prof. Dr. Kai Uwe Totsche, Institute for Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
5/2001-11/2006: Research Assistant of Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Chair of Soil Science, Technical University Munich
8/1995-10/2000: Research Assistant of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schneider, Geoscientific Center, Georg August University Göttingen
4/1995-7/1995: Internship in engineering company "Baugrundinstitut Kassel"
3/1988-2/1989: Stay in South America: agricultural internship (Argentina) and child care in an orphanage (Brasil)
Education
PhD studies, Dr. rer. nat. 4/2000: Georg August University Göttingen; with Prof. Dr. J. Schneider "Die Sedimente des Steisslinger Sees (Hegau, Süddeutschland) - Ein Archiv für zeitlich hoch aufgelöste geochemische Untersuchungen zu Umweltveränderungen im Holozän"
Specialist for technical environmental conservation, 3/1995: IUP, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Diploma in Mineralogy 1/1994: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; with Prof. Dr. R. Oberhänsli "Geochemie miozäner Vulkanite Nordchiles (18°-20°S)"
Prediploma in Mineralogy 10/1991: Ruhr-University Bochum
Memberships
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Geologische Vereinigung (GV)
Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)
Projects
Speciation of Iron and Sulfur In cooperation with Dr. Jörg Prietzel, Technical University Munich, Dr. Jürgen Thieme, University Göttingen; Diane Eichert und Murielle Salomé, ESRF
Co precipitation of iron and organic matter In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Udo Schwertmann, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wagner, Dr. Werner Häusler, Dr. Marianne Hanzlik and Dr. Heike Knicker, Technical University Munich