• Global fire modelling, anthropogenic influence on fire regimes
• Terrestrial ecosystem modelling
• Global data analysis for model evaluation and improvement
• Influence of disturbances on vegetation dynamics

College/Universität

2000-2006: Universität Bayreuth, Geoökologie

Ph.D.

2006-2010: Max-Planck Institut für Biogeochemie, Universität Hamburg

Supervisors: Markus Reichstein, Martin Claußen

Ph.D. thesis

Model-data fusion for terrestrial biogeochemical models with carbon and water cycle observations

Post-doc

9/2010-5/2011: Max-Planck Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena

                         Model-Data Intergration Group, EU-project CARBONES

since 5/2011: Max-Planck Insitut für Meteorologie, Hamburg

                     Fire in the Earth System Group

• Max Planck Insitut für Biogeochemie, Model-Data Integration Group
• CARBONES: 30-year re-analysis of CARBON fluxES and pools over Europe and the globe