Assignments and research activities:

• Use of nematodes as indicators to assess the sustainability of modern agricultural production systems;
• development of sustainable strategies for plant-parasitic nematode control with particular focus on antagonistic microbes and (induced) plant resistance;
• morphological and molecular identification of plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes, taxonomical editing of important genera and species and their systematics;
• studies of the biology and epidemiology of significant plant-parasitic nematodes;
• professional assistance and advisory support in national and international committees;
• Curator of the German nematode collection.

Boards, memberships and other activities:

• German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
• European Society of Nematologists (ESN)
• Consulting group Nematology
• Working group Phytonematology at the JKI
• Reviewer for various scientific journals with a focus on phytopathology and agronomy Professional

Career & education:

• since 10/2020 Nematologist, Julius Kühn-Institute, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig;
• 04/2017 – 09/2020 PostDoc, Ecological Plant Protection, University of Kassel;
• 06/2018 – 03/2019 PostDoc, Organic Plant Breeding & Agrobiodiversity, University of Kassel;
• 12/2012 – 03/2017 PhD, Ecological Plant Protection, University of Kassel.

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut