Professional Experience
- Since Oct 2021: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) fellow at Institute of Epidemiology (EPI) at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU); honorary affiliation with UPO, Sevilla
- Feb 2018 – Jun 2021: Research Fellow at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville (UPO)
- Sep 2016 – Jan 2018: Independent Research Analyst, associated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- Apr 2014 – Jun 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher in coordination team of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP) at PIK
- Aug 2008 – Mar 2014: Research Analyst to the Director John Schellnhuber at PIK
- Jun 2005 – Jul 2008: PhD student at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin, with Rita Adrian and Dieter Gerten
- Sep – Dec 2004: Internship at United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi (UNEP)
Research Visits
- Mar 2014 – Dec 2015: Visiting Scientist at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Seville (JRC-Seville), Spain
- Sep – Dec 2007: Visiting student with Elena Litchman and Christopher Klausmeier at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan, USA (KBS)
Education
- 2005-2010: Doctoral dissertation , University of Potsdam (Institute of Ecology/Ecosystem Modelling)
- 2001-2004: Master in Biology/Ecology, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris
- 1999-2001: Undergraduate studies of Biology, University of Konstanz
Awards and Scholarships
- 2011: Michelson Award University of Potsdam
- 2006: Young Scientist Award of the German Limnological Society
- 2004: Carlo Schmid Program for internships in international organizations and EU institutions
- 2002: Sélection Internationale of Ecole Normale Supérieure
- 2001, 2007, 2011: German Academic Exchange Service
- 1999 – 2004: German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Memberships
- MCC Collaborative Research Network on weather and health, member of Scientific Committee
- Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project ISIMIP as Sectoral Coordinator for Health
- COST Action PROCLIAS as Co-lead of task group on climate impact attribution
Referee For
Environmental Research Letters, PLOS one, Nature Climate Change, Global Change Biology, Freshwater Biology, Regional Environmental Change, American Naturalist, Public Health, Hydrobiologia, Archiv für Hydrobiologie
Organization of Scientific Events
- Main organizer of ISIMIP Health Workshop 2018 at ISGlobal, Barcelona
- Lead of organizing committee of international conference Impacts World 2013; health session organizer Impacts World 2017
- Participant and organizer of Global Sustainability Summer School (2010 in Santa Fe; 2012 in Potsdam)
- Editorial team of Memorandum at Nobel Cause Symposium London 2009 and Stockholm 2011