Born in 1974

Education: Studies in agricultural sciences with emphasis on environment and rural development at the Technische Universität München

Ph. D.: 2007 at the Technische Universität München, thesis on “Scenarios on sustainable bioenergy potentials until 2030 – modelling for Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary”

Professional experience:

• Since 2006 research associate at the department Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, DLR
• 2002-2006 research assistant at the Institute of Institute of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management at the Technische Universität München
• 2000 – 2002 employee at the UFAG Laboratorien AG in Sursee/Switzerland

Fields of interest:

• Energy scenarios
• Assessment of potentials of renewable energy sources, with a focus on agricultural biomass
• Sustainable production of bioenergy