2008
Habilitation at LMU Munich (thesis: Monitoring of the biophysical status of vegetation using multi-angular, hyperspectral remote sensing for the optimization of a physically-based SVAT model)

2002
PhD (thesis: Monitoring of Plant Chlorophyll and Nitrogen Status Using the Airborne Imaging Spectrometer AVIS)

1991 - 1997
Study of Physical Geography at LMU Munich, Germany Diploma in Physical Geography (Dipl. Geogr. phys.) with minors in Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Economic Geography

Since 2011
Chair of „Earth Observation Commission” of DGLR (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.)

Since 2008
Full Professor for Physical Geography with special emphasis on Remote Sensing at CAU Kiel

2011
Invited attendance at “3rd Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium” of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation in Mumbai (India), 15-19 June 2011

2002 - 2008
Research assistant (C1) at LMU Munich

1998 - 2002
Scientific employee (PhD) and teaching assistant (Prof. Dr. W. Mauser) at the Faculty for Geosciences, LMU Munich

1997 - 1998
Scientific employee (PD Karl Schneider), Faculty for Geosciences, LMU Munich