Assignments and Research Activities:

• Head of Field Office
• Phytoparasitic nematodes in field crops (specifically sugar beet)
• Integrated and biological control of nematodes
• Prediction models and development of methods
• Testing of crop cultivars for resistance to Beet Cyst Nematodes

Collaborative work and affiliations:

• JKI network on phytonematology
• German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
• European Society of Nematologists (ESN)
• Federal states speakers for Nematology
• Association of Applied Biologists (AAB)
• Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection (Editorial Board)
• Direction of the DPG-working group Nematology

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut