Department of Geography 

Since Oct. 2009

Postdoctoral Fellow
Geographisches Institut, Universität Zürich (Oct. 09 - Feb. 10: 50%, since Mar. 2010: 100% position).

Oct. 2009 - Feb. 2010

Professor for GIS and Remote Sensing (50% Substitution)
Institut für Geographie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Sep. 2008 - Sep. 2009

Research Assisstant
Institute für Kartographie, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. 

Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow
Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia. BC, Canada.

Apr. 2007 - Jul. 2007

Teaching Assistant
Institute of Geography, University Bonn.

Dec. 2004 - Jul. 2007

Research Assisstant
Institute für Kartographie, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

May 2003 - Sep. 2004

Research Assisstant and Project Coordinator
Institut für Geographie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

May 2001 - Apr. 2002

Research Assisstant and Project Coordinator
Institut für Geograpie, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Apr. 2000 - Jun. 2000

Graduate Assisstant
Institut für Geograpie, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

1998

Student Assisstant
Institut für Geograpie, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Project Manager and GIS specialist
GIBS Engineering, Nürnberg, Germany.

Dec. 1999 - Mar. 2000

Project Staff, AICON AG, Nürnberg, Germany.

1990 - 2001

Owner of the Music Shop "Wild Guitar", Erlangen, Germany.

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Dissertation: Analysis and Visualisation of Climate and Glacier Changes in Northern Tien Shan Using GIS and Remote Sensing - With a Comparison to the Bernina Group/Alps (in German).
Advisors: Michael Richter, Manfred Buchroithner.

Master in Geography (Diplom), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Subjects studied: physical geography, geomorphology, physics, and computer science
Diploma Thesis: Quantification of the Periglacial Landforms at Cerro Sillajhuay (Chile/Bolivia) Using Interactive 3d Visualisation (in German).
Advisor: H. Schröder.