since 6/2007: senior researcher and project leader at the Department of Human Geography, University of Hamburg / Germany
Previous Positions
10/2015-03/2016: Post-doc and senior lecturer at Department of Geography, University of Hildesheim, Germany (deputy position in regard of a maternity leave)
4/2015-12/2015: Scientific consultant (core senior member) in regard of the Revised Mekong Delta Regional Plan 2030 & Vision 2050; on behalf of RUA (Research, Urbanism & Architecture / Belgium) and SISP (Southern Institute of Spatial Planning / Vietnam)
9/2013: Short-term appointment as guest lecturer at Urban Planning Faculty of Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture
4/2013: Guest lecturer at Faculty for Urban Management, National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Hanoi / Vietnam; short-term appointment funded by DAAD.
3/2013: Guest Lecturer at Faculty for Geography, National University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam; short-term appointment funded by DAAD.
03/2007-03/2009: Consultant (senior expert) during several missions in the context of the EU-funded Urban Environmental Planning Programme (UEPP-VN) at Ho Chi Minh University of Architecture / Vietnam
6/2001-5/2007: Assistant professor at the Department of Geography, Georg-August-University of Goettingen / Germany
4/2004: Guest lecturer at Faculty for Geography, National University of Education, Hanoi / Vietnam; short-term appointment funded by DAAD.
3/2004: Guest lecturer at Faculty for Geography, National University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam; short-term appointment funded by DAAD.
4/1996-5/2001: Junior lecturer at the Department of Geography, Georg-August-University of Goettingen / Germany
3/1996 Masters Degree / Magister Artium (Technical University of Aachen) Masters Study from 10/1990-3/1996 at the Department of Geography of the Technical University (RWTH)/Aachen: major in Economic Geography, Geography and Economy as minor subjects
Topic of the master’s thesis „Regional Disparities in the Philippines“
4/1989 Secondary School Diploma (Abitur) 1980-1989 Hegau Secondary School – Singen am Htw.
top of class of the intensified course on geography (Leistungskurs Erdkunde)