Personal and professional background

1965

born in Rostock-Warnemünde

1982 - 1985

training as animal technician

1985

Abitur

1985 - 1990

animal production studies in the section animal production/veterinary medicine at the Humboldt University of Berlin

1990 - 1991

scientific employee at the Institute for Animal Nutrition "Oskar Kellner" of the Research Centre for Animal Production, Dummerstorf

1992 - 1999

scientific employee at the Institute of Animal Husbandry of the Research Centre in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Dummerstorf

1999

doctorate at the University of Rostock

1999 - 2012

cattle feeding officer at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein, Futterkamp

2013 - 2015

consultant for cattle feeding at the Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein, Futterkamp

seit 2015

appointment as professor for animal nutrition at the Faculty of Agriculture at the UAS Kiel