Born in Reinbek near Hamburg, Germany in 1963
1984-1991
Studies of Biology at the universities of Kaiserslautern, Münster, and Hamburg (Germany).
Graduation at Hamburg as diploma-biologist in general botany, applied botany, and soil sciences.
1991-1995
PhD thesis in systematic botany at the Botanical Institute of the University of Kiel (Germany) with a work on the phytogeography of Agavaceae, Crassulaceae and Cactaceae in continental nothern America.
1995-2000
Scientific employee / Scientific assistant at the Institute of Botany, University of Köln (Cologne, Germany).
2000-2003
Scientific assistant at the Institute of Botany, University of Hamburg
Since 2003
Private researcher, employed in the IT branch
Fields of research: Systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics and phytogeography of succulent plants.
Systematic groups: Asparagaceae (Agavaceae, Dracaenaceae, Nolinaceae), Crassulaceae, Aizoaceae, Orchidaceae, Asphodelaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Apocynaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cactaceae, Penthoraceae
Field trips: Europe & the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Morocco, Malawi, South Africa, Namibia, Mexico, southern USA.
