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:

• Scientific secretary of the viticulture commission of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (O.I.V.)
• Expert in plant protection for the Federal Republic of Germany at the International Organization of Vine and Wine (O.I.V.)
• Convenor of the IOBC working group "Integrated Protection and Production in Viticulture"
• Member of the “International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Weeds / West Palaearctic Regional Section” (IOBC/WPRS)
• Member of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut