Academic Vita

Since 01/2023 Postdoctoral research associate / University Assistant, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna

07/2020 – 12/2022 Postdoctoral research associate in CRC 1211, subproject C02, Chair of Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University

02/2017 – 06/2020 Doctoral student research associate in CRC 1211, subproject C02, Chair of Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University
Degree: Dr. rer. nat.
Dissertation: “Alluvial fans along the coastal Atacama Desert – landforms, processes, and evolution”

10/2012 – 01/2017 Student assistant, Chair of Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University

10/2015 – 01/2017 M.Sc. Applied Geography, RWTH Aachen University
Thesis: “Geoecological studies on arsenic contamination in the small-scale mining area of Nalaikh (Mongolia)“

10/2013 – 11/2016 B.Sc. Georesources Management, RWTH Aachen University
Thesis: “GIS-supported assessment of tsunami-endangered coastal areas on the basis of digital elevation models (DEM) – a comparison of methods using the example of Crete”

10/2011 – 09/2014 B.Sc. Applied Geography, RWTH Aachen University
Thesis: “Recent dust transport in Central Asia – survey of interregional transport pathways”


Field campaigns and stays abroad

05–06/2022 Western and central Atacama Desert, North Chile, field work

02–03/2022 Skeleton Coast and Kunene Highlands, Northwest Namibia, field work

08–09/2018 North and Central Chile, field work and leading student excursion

03–04/2018 Western and central Atacama Desert, field work

03–04/2017 Western and central Atacama Desert, field work

10–11/2016 Nalaikh Basin, central Mongolia, field work

08–09/2012 Congal Biomarine Reserve, Muisne, Ecuador, internship


Convened conference sessions

10/2023 Oral session 5b. Annual Meeting of the German Society for Geomorphology, Aachen

09/2023 Weathering, Soils and Landforms. IAG Regional Conference of Geomorphology, Cappadocia

06/2022 Impacts of uplift, lithology and erosion on long-term landscape evolution. 16th International Young Geomorphologists’ Meeting, Bad Kreuznach

06/2021 Erosion and denudation – monitoring, measuring, modelling. 15th International Young Geomorphologists’ Meeting, Digital Edition