Education
Studies of biology and chemistry at Heidelberg University. Dissertation on the transfer of thallium, cadmium, lead, and zinc from soil to selected crop plants and on the temporal and spacial distribution of metals in plants.
Professional background
| 1986 - 1992 | Member of scientific staff at a municipal environmental authority in Hesse as well as leader of a laboratory for environmental analysis |
| 1992 - 2004 | Member of scientific staff at the Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung (academy for technology assessement) in Stuttgart Fields of work: sustainable resource management (water, soil) |