Education and Scientific Career
since 2020 Acting Department Lead Citizen Science, DLR Institute of Data Science Jena, Germany
since 2017 Research Group Lead Citizen Science, DLR Institute of Data Science Jena, Germany
2013–2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Assistant, Chair of Distributed Systems, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2005–2012 Doctoral Researcher, Research Assistant, Chair of Distributed Systems, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2012 PhD in Computer Science, >Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2005 Diploma in Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena with distinctions (Grade 1,0)
2000 Vordiplom in Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Research Interests
Scientific and Academic Activities
since 2018 Member of the Michael Stifel Center for Data Driven & Simulation Science
since 2018 Member of the competence group 'Knowledg Transfer' at DLR
since 2015 Associated editor and member of the advisory board at CEUR-WS.org
since 2007 Initiator and member in international scientific working groups (e.g. at the Research Data Alliiance, the European Scitizen Science Association, the COST Action CA15212 Citizen Science and at Bürger schaffen Wissen)
since 2007 (Co-)Organization of +25 scientific workshops and conference sessions on Citizen Science, semantic technologies and data management with a focus on data-centric and data privacy-related aspects
since 2007 Promotion of young people in STEM (e.g. mentor and juror at Jugend forscht, conception and implementation of workshops for school classes, co-initiator for the working group promotion of young people in STEM, etc.)
Honors and Awards
2013 Prize for excellent applied dissertations of the Stiftung für Innovation, Technologie und Forschung Thüringen
2005 PhD Scholarship by the State of Thuringia (Graduiertenstipendium des Landes Thüringen)