Assignments and research activities:

• Research Associate/Post-Doc, AG Smalla
• Molecular analysis of structure and diversity of soil and rhizosphere microbial communities • Ecology of soil microorganisms and plant pathogens
• Fate of organic pollutants in soil
• Evaluation of effects of agricultural management practices on microbial communities, plant and soil health, soil suppressiveness
• Project DiControl at the BonaRes funding initiative

Boards, memberships and other activities:

• Ad-hoc Reviewer for e.g., ISME, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Biology and Fertility of Soils, PLOS ONE, PeerJ, SOIL, Plant Soil
• Member of „Gemeinschaft der Förderer und Freunde des Julius Kühn-Instituts (GFF)“

Professional career & education:

• Since 2011 Research Associate, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, JKI
• 2011-2015 PhD studies Microbiology (Dr. rer. nat.), Technical University Braunschweig. Topic: ““Establishment and dynamics of soil microbial communities and their response to pollutant and litter amendments“
• 2006-2010 University studies Environmental Technology/Biotechnology (Dipl.-Ing. (FH)), University of Applied Sciences Mittweida

Publications at ResearchGate

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut