9/2001 - 12/2001 internship at an agency for management and environment related consulting in Berlin
11/2000 - 6/2001 work in a project on sustainable agriculture and forestry in Guatemala
10/1993 - 10/2000 studies of biology in Göttingen and Glasgow, specialisation in botany, zoology and soil science. Agroecological master thesis about the effects of different plant diversity on ecological key functions (regulation of pests, pollination)