Professional and academic career
- Since 2019: Technical Assistant at the Chair of Agricultural Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich
- 2014 – 2018: Research Associate in the Department of Horticultural Technology
- 2010 – 2018: Study Coordinator of the M.Sc. Horticultural Science program at the Weihenstephan Science Center of the Technical University of Munich
- 2001 – 2015: Editorial Assistant of the European Journal of Horticultural Science, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart
- 1995 – 2001: Managing Director of Kinderträume Weihenstephan e.V.
- 1994 – 1996: Consulting and Sales at Balance, Freising
- 1988 – 1992: Research Associate at AGRI Saaten, Rellingen, based at the Chair of Ornamental Horticulture and Plant Breeding, TUM-Weihenstephan
Education
- May 1993 Doctorate at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan in the Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Crop Production - Topic: "Investigations into the transfer of resistance to Peronospora destructor (Berk.) Casp. in Allium cepa L. using interspecific crosses"
- 1981 – 1987 Studies in Horticulture at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan - Topic: Diploma thesis: "Investigations into breeding for Bremia resistance in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)"
- 1979 – 1981 Vocational training as a gardener in the nursery department at Baumschulen Wöhrle, Winnenden