Assignments and Research Activities:

• Head of the laboratory Zoology and Integrated Plant Protection in Viticulture
• Research on biology and ecology of pests and beneficials in viticulure
• Development of new pest control stategies for integrated and organic production in viticulture
• Registration of plant protection products: evaluation of the efficacy of plant protection products and their impact on the quality of wine
• Functional biodiversity in the vineyard environment
• National insect monitoring in wine-growing landscapes

Memberships:

• Member of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology  (DGaaE)
• Member of the  “International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Weeds / West Palaearctic Regional Section” (IOBC/WPRS)
• Active member of the IOBC/WPRS working group “Integrated Protection and Production in Viticulture"
• Member of the ENDURE-Network
• Delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut