• Since June 2003. Professor of Silviculture, University of Freiburg Previous and affiliate positions • Sept. – Dec. 2019. Fulbright Scholar, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA. • Oct. 2010 – Jan. 2013. Dean, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg • Sept. 2003. – Sept. 2010. Adjunct Professor, School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australi-an National University, Canberra. • Jul. 2001 - Jan. 2002. Guest-Professor at the Institute of Silviculture, Göttingen University, Germany. • June 1996 – May 2003. Lecturer, and from 1999 onwards Senior Lecturer, Australian National Univer-sity, Forestry Program, School of Resources, Environmental and Society. • Aug. 1994 - May 1996. Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada. • Jan. - July 1994. Research Scientist and Public Relations Manager at the Forest Ecosystems Re-search Centre, Göttingen University, Germany. • Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1993. PhD student at the Institute of Silviculture, Göttingen University, Germany. • Mar. - Dec. 1990. Pre-Doctoral Fellow (DAAD), CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra, Aus-tralia. Academic Qualifications • 1989, Diploma in Forestry (equivalent to BSc Honours, First Class), Forestry Faculty, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany • 1994, Doctor of Forest Sciences (Thesis title ‘Nutrient Cycling in Beech Forest Gaps’, Summa Cum Laude), Forestry Faculty, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany