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C.103
Steingruberstraße 1a
91746 Weidenbach
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Academic teaching in the study program International Farm Management
- Corporate Management & Controlling
- Management Consulting
- In-depth study project
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Previous projects
- 09/2013-03/2014, BAOFRUIT - Partnership for developing the use of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in the African and European food industry to improve sustainable resource utilisation and livelihoods of poor farmers in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DG13015
- 03/2016-12/2019, BAOFOOD - Enhancing local food security and nutrition through promoting the use of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in rural communities of Eastern Africa, Role: Project lead, BMEL (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) through Bundesanstalt für Agriculture/ BLE, FKZ 2813 FSNU07, baofood.de
- 12/2016-11/2020, WoodCluster - Narrowing the East African wood supply gap: research and teaching for farm-wood-production based national bio-economies. Role: Contributor. BMBF, Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), FKZ SSA2015-33-041
- 07/2016-06/2020, Food Pro.tec.ts - Food production technologies for trans-boundary systems, Role: Contributor, INTERREG V A Deutschland-Nederland, Bezirksregierung Münster, Domplatz 36, 48143 Münster, FKZ: Food Pro.tec.t
- 05/2017-10/2019, SUSWALFOOD - Analysis and sustainable use of the nutritional potential and secondary plant components of underutilized plant species in Kyrgyz walnut forests, Role: Project lead, BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DK17016, https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/de/seite/suswalfood-projekt
- 02/2019-03/2020, NutzbAr - Building a research consortium for evaluation and sustainable use of the biodiversity in agricultural and forest landscapes in Brazil - towards innovative products and services Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DN19011
- 09/2019-12/2022, BAOQUALITY - Quality improvement and more efficient utilization of products derived from the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) to enhance food security and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Role: Project lead. BMEL (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) through Bundesanstalt für Agriculture/ BLE, FKZ 2816PROC17, baoquality-project.de
- 06/2020-05/2022, ELSOFP - Expansion of Kyrgyz, Tajik and Uzbek local smallholder organic agriculture and forest-based food products to EU Markets, Role: Contributor , EuropeAid/162864/DD/ACT/Multi, Central Asia Invest V, project ID ACA/2019/162864/12, https://eu-cai.org/about-the-eu-central-asia-invest-programme/cai-grantees/currently-ongoing-projects/expansion-of-kyrgyz-tajik-and-uzbek-local-smallholder-organic-agriculture-and-forest-based-food-products-to-eu-markets/
- 11/2022-10/2025, SUFACHAIN - Promoting sustainable land management through product, process and SME development in NTFP and agroforestry value chains of Central Asia, Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01LZ2201A, http://sufachain.org/
- 01/2024-12/2024, CONFARMED - Multidisciplinary approach to Conserve and farm edible insects for a circular food economy in Uganda, Role: Project lead , German Research Foundation (DFG), Project ID 528964439.
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Memberships in professional organizations
- ATSAF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tropische und subtropische Agrarforschung e.V.)
- EFARD (European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development)
- IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), Task Force “Unlocking the bioeconomy and non-timber forest products”
- DeFAF (Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft e.V.)
- EURAF (European Agroforestry Federation)
Previous professional appointments
04/2012 - 05/2024
Professor of Agribusiness, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Faculty of Life Sciences, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, D-47533 Kleve, Germany
08/2023 - 01/2024
Visiting scientist, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculty of Technology, Department of Forest Engineering, Brasília DF, Brazil
03/2020 - 08/2020
Visiting Professor, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Ha Noi, Vietnam
02/2018 - 08/2018
Visiting Scientist, ICRAF Central Asia office, 138 Toktogul Street, 720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
06/2008 - 03/2012
Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Kurfürstendamm 185, D-10707 Berlin, Germany