Research:

Molecular plant breeding

• Estimation of genetic diversity in several crop species with special consideration of barley and exploitation of genetic diversity by marker based breeding strategies including the identification of marker trait associations.
• Development of markers for resistance genes to fungal and viral pathogens in crop species up to gene isolation
• Identification of QTL and genes for resistance/tolerance to abiotic stress (drought/heat)

Boards and memberships:

• Editor in Chief Plant Breeding since 01.01.2008
• Editorial Board of Theoretical and Applied Genetics since 01.10.2005
• Editorial Board of Journal of Applied Genetics since 01.04.2006   
• Editorial Board of Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality since 05.2013   
• Editorial Board of "Annals of agricultural science, Moshtohor" since 02.04.2011   
• Peer Review College of the Danish Council for Strategic Research since 15.07.2008   
• Advisory Board of the State Breeding Institute of the University of Hohenheim since 12.08.2008
• Acting Vice President of the German Society of Plant Breeding (GPZ), since 01.10.2008
• Board of the Interdiciplinary Centre for Crop Science (IZN ) at the University of Halle since 01.01.2009
• Editorial board of Journal of Cultivated Plant ssince 01.01.2009   
• Permanent guest on the DFG senate commission on agroecosystem researchsince January 2012   
• Member of the 2030 Scientific Coordinating Committee (SCC) since March 2012   
• Representative of Germany on the research committee of the International Research Initiative for Wheat Improvement since March 2012
• Member of the "Task force abaout user engagement" of ECPGR since June 2013   
• Member of the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
• Member of the Beirat der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt since 03.06.2019

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut