Curriculum Vitae
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Education
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2010-2016
2004-2009 1992-2004 |
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Diploma in Biology, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany. European Baccalaureate, European School of Varese, Italy. |
Research Experience
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Since 2021
09/2019-04/2022 2019-2021 10/2019-03/2020 2017-2018 2017 2016-2017 2010-2016 2011-2013 2009 |
Junior Professor for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (80% due to caregiving responsibilities)
Pregnancy and maternity leave Assistant Professor in the Environmental Geography Group at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (since April 2020 at 70% due to part-time parental leave). Maternity leave Postdoctoral Fellow in the Land Use Change Research Group at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Visiting Scientist at the Joint Research Unit (UMR) of Agronomie, at INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research), and AgroParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences), France. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. PhD thesis & graduate research assistant at the Department of Geography, McGill University, examining the contribution of organic agriculture to global sustainable food security. Supervisor: Navin Ramankutty. Supervisory committee: Madhav Badami, Elena Bennett, Sarah Turner. Researcher on EarthStat project developing detailed global datasets for improving agricultural sustainability, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA at the Department of Geography, McGill University. Diploma thesis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) about the role of nitrogen in crop productivity and its implementation into a model of the managed planetary land surface. Supervisors: Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Cramer (PIK) and Werner Kaiser (University Würzburg). |
Teaching Experience (selected)
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2019, 2020, 2021
2019, 2020 2020 2020 2019, 2020 2019 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2013 2011, 2012 |
Course coordinator and Instructor, Metropole Ecology (AM_1199, 5264MEEC6Y), 6 EC, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam & University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Course coordinator and Instructor, Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change (AM_1049), 6 EC, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Instructor, Food Systems & Sustainability (AM_1262), 6 EC, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Instructor, World Food and Ecosystems (5132WOFE6Y), 6 EC, University of Amsterdam (UvA). Instructor, Land Use Change and Ecosystems (AM_1235), 6 EC, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Instructor, Methods of Environment and Resource Management (AM_1135), 6 EC, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam Instructor, Concepts in Socio-ecological systems, 2 SWS, Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG), Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT). Instructor, Summer School on Ecosystems and Land Use Change, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Guest lecture on ‘Organic agriculture and biodiversity’ in Agronomy for Global Issues, AgroParisTech, France. Instructor, Future Global Leaders program - Global Food Security: Challenges, Claims and Solutions, University of British Columbia, July 16-29, 2017. Instructor, One Day @ UBC course - Separating the wheat from the chaff - what do we know about how best to produce our food?, University of British Columbia, March 11, 2017. Course coordinator and Instructor GEOG 360 - Analyzing Sustainability. Department of Geography, McGill University. Guest lecture GEOG 305 – Soils and Environment, Department of Geography, McGill University. |
Honours, Awards and Scholarships
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2021
2018-2020 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 2007 2004 2004 |
Robert Bosch Juniorprofessorship 2021, Robert Bosch Foundation.
Member of the 1st Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership, Robert Bosch Foundation. Best Poster Award, Landscape 2018 Conference, Berlin. Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award, University of British Columbia ($1,500). Young Researcher Best Oral Presentation, Global Land Project (GLP), 3rd Open Science Meeting, Beijing Dissertation Writing Stipend, Department of Geography, McGill University Dissertation Writing Stipend, Department of Geography, McGill University Heller Family Fellowship in Arts and Sciences McGill Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) Research to Practice Graduate Student Fellowship in Development Studies Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (GEC3) Graduate Student Stipend GEC3 Student Travel Award GEC3 Graduate Student Stipend Principal’s Graduate Fellowship, McGill University Graduate Enrolment and Recruitment Initiative Fellowship, McGill University Short Internship Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research project on seed dispersal by Sykes monkeys in South Africa Liane-Wuttig prize from the zis Foundation for Travel Grants for the study project “Galicias black trauma – the consequences of the Prestige accident for land and people” Travel grant from the zis Foundation for a study trip to Galicia, Spain investigating the consequences of a tanker accident for land and people |
Invited Talks (selected)
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2022
2021 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 |
Das System Bio – Nachhaltig die Welt ernähren? KTBL-Tage 2022, Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft E.V. (KTBL), Magdeburg, Germany, March 24, 2022.
Opportunities and limitations of organic farming in contributing to more sustainability in agriculture. Keynote talk at the R&D Days for Organic Production (FoU-dagarna I ekologisk production), Malmö, Sweden, October 14, 2020. Panel discussion on 'Is a 100% organic world environmentally sustainable?'. Food, The Future, And You Symposium, University of British Columbia, January 26, 2017. Agromes - mapping the Agricultural Biomes of the world. Global Land Project Open Science Meeting, Beijing, China, October 23-27, 2016. Organic agriculture – a more environmentally friendly farming system? (Video) IRES Seminar Series, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, February 10, 2015. The potential contribution of organic agriculture to global sustainable food security, Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, November 12, 2014. The potential contribution of organic farming to global sustainable food security. Departmental seminar series, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 17, 2014. Organic agriculture as an opportunity for sustainable agricultural development. Invited student presentation at McGill Conference on Global Food Security, Montreal, October 17, 2012. The yield performance of organic agriculture (Video). Keynote speaker at VIIIth International Conference on Life Cycle Analysis in the Agri-Food Sector, Saint-Malo, France, October 02, 2012. |
