Memberships

• EPPO Diagnostic Panel on Nematodes
• Chair Consulting group Nematology
• Working group Phytonematology at the JKI
• German Scientific Society of Plant Diseases and Plant Health (DPG) (https://phytomedizin.org/de/home)
• European Society of Nematologists (ESN) (https://www.esn-online.org/)
• Gemeinschaft der Förderer und Freunde des Julius Kühn-Instituts (GFF) (https://www.julius-kuehn.de/foerdervereine/)
• German Humboldt-Network e.V. (DHN) (https://www.dhn-ev.de/)
• German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV) (https://www.hochschulverband.de/#)
• Editorial Board Biocontrol Science and Technology
• Editorial Board Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
• Editorial Board Nematology
• Editorial Board Journal für Kulturpflanzen

Professional career & education

• since 2019 Nematologist, Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig
• since 2016 guest lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin
• since 2014 courtesy professor at Kassel University (Witzenhausen)
• 2008 - 2018 Nematologist, Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Münster
• 2001 - 2007 Nematologist, Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institut for Nematology and Vertebrate Research, Münster
• since 2003 Privatdozent (lecturer) at Bonn University
• 03.1999 FAO-Consultant, Farmers Field School, Indonesia
• 04.-07.1998 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Berkley University, CA, USA
• 1997 - 2001 Research Associate, Institute of Plant Diseases, Bonn University
• 1994 - 1996 PostDoc, Department of Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL, USA
• 04.-05.1992 Kenyatta University & ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenia
• 1991 - 1994 PhD student, Institute of Plant Diseases, Bonn University
• 01.-04.1989 Nuriootpa Research Center, Nuriootpa, SA, Australia
• 1985 - 1990 Study of Agronomy, Bonn University