Tasks

Stabsstelle Ökolandbau

• Coordination of a JKI-researcher network for organic farming research
• Contact person for the German Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture for research and policy expertise on organic agriculture
• Internal consultation on research questions with special relevance to organic farming

Research areas:

• Plant protection strategies in organic farming
• Interaction of insect pests and their natural enemies
• Promotion of functional biodiversity

Career and education:

• Since 01/2023 coordination unit organic farming, Institute for strategies and technology assessment, Julius Kühn-Institute, Kleinmachnow
• Since 01/2020 scientific staff, Promotion of natural enemies for pest regulation in arable farming, Leibniz-Centre for agricultural landscape research, Müncheberg PhD student, Agroecology, Bonn University
• 11/2015 – 12/2019 scientific staff, knowledge transfer on plant protection in organic farming, Institute for strategies and technology assessment, Julius Kühn-Institute, Kleinmachnow
• 11/2012 – 06/2017 scientific staff, agronomic and ecological effects of diversified and site-adapted cropping systems, Leibniz-Centre for agricultural landscape research, Müncheberg