Assignments and research activities:

• Evaluation and research on epigenetic use in plant biotechnology:
  
  • Risk assessment of usage of epigenetic modifications for plant biotechnology
  • Research to obtain resistant plants to environmental stress by targeted epigenetic modification (specific gene) and stress-induced epigenetic modification (mimicking natural conditions)

• Evaluation of applications for the environmental release and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms

Memberships:

• Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft (DPG)
• American Phytopathological Society (APS)

Publications on Researchgate

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut