Tasks

• Research Associate  and Doctoral Candidate in the externally funded project "Ecological, technological and capacity-building strategies for a sustainable optimization of local maize-based food systems and climate-change resilient food production at the level of smallholder farmers in Kenya (SoLFOOD)" (BLE FKZ- 2822NIPS09) 
• Screening of maize accessions for flavonoid contents as markers for resistance against pathogenic fungi 
• Identification of elicitors of flavonoids present in maize 
• Exploration of plant extracts, microorganisms, and other soil amendments that enhance the antifungal properties of maize