Vita
2017 – today
Director Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, HIFMB, Germany
2008 – today
Professor for Plankton Ecology, ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Germany
2004 – 2008
Associate professor, University of Cologne, Germany
2002 – 2004
Assistant professor, University of Kiel
2001 – 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Uppsala University, Sweden
1999 – 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Erken Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
1996 – 1999
Dissertation at the University of Kiel, Germany
1988 – 1994
Study of Biology at the University of Oldenburg, Germany
Research Interests
I am generally very interested in the mechanisms that constrain and alter biodiversity in a variety of ecosystems. I like to think about the complex nature of biodiversity change and ecological stability. Trained as an experimental ecologist, I have focused more on research syntheses and data analyses in recent years.