Field of Expertise

• Professional knowledge of nature conversation issues (e.g. mapping, management concepts, monitoring concepts, nature conservation administration).

• Very good knowledge about the Nature 2000 site selection process.

• Very good knowledge about database structure and necessary data for the Natura 2000 Network issues (dbase, Access).

• Experience with ArcView, Oracle (select, SQL, SQL*Plus)

• Wildlife management and species conservation plans

• Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Indicators

• Participatory natural resource management

• Project management and coordination 

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology of higher plants, determination of plants and vegetation, determination of invertebrates, esp. groups of arachnides

• Knowledge of landscaping, impact assessment and impact regulation (plans and projects from local to state level)

• Longstanding experience in administrative procedures concerning nature conservation, esp. FFH-Directive

• Longstanding experience of GIS and Computerisation

• Experience in coordinating and conducting projects, scientific research projects in nature conservation and training

• botany and vegetation science

• plant ecology, plant sociology

• ornithology

• good knowledge about habitats- and birds-directive of the EU

• vegetation and biotop mapping

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, determination of plants and vegetation

• Longstanding experience of biotope classification (CIR-aerial photos)

• Experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- Directive in Berlin and Brandenburg

• Competence on interpretation of biotope classification

• Lecturer of the Academy of Nature Conservation Lebus (Brandenburg/Germany)

• Biotope-Mapping (1997 – 2001) for the Nature Park “Dahme-Heideseen (Brandenburg, Germany)

• Mapping of salt meadows in the National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Germany)

• Longstanding experience in production of Conservation- and Development Plans for protected Areas

• Experience of  production of Red Lists for Plants and Orthoptera

• Selection of proposed sites of community interest in Bavaria, detailed knowledge on the scientific requirements of the natura 2000 site selection process

• Longstanding experience in monitoring of species and habitats and biodiversity conservation, i.e.

• landscape management,  wildlife management and species conservation plans

• Competence in project management and coordination, environmental administration

• Professional and broad knowledge of national, EU and international nature conservation;

• Experience in working within national and EU frame, as well as within intergovernmental programmes and international conventions;

• Professional knowledge and experience in scientific research projects regarding sustainable use (CITES) and sustainable (esp. regional) development  (MAB, also refer to www.unesco.org/mab);

• Scientific statements regarding applications for import and export of animal species under CITES/EU and national regulations (close cooperation with German CITES Management Authority);

• Development of criteria for adequate housing of animals of CITES species (ostriches, parrots, reptiles, amphibians, corals, leeches, fish), partly in cooperation with Ministry of Agriculture;

• Control of scientific data regarding animal species for the Agency's Scientific Database under CITES (including EU and national regulations); contributions to database design;

• Design and supervision of research projects (population studies, trade analyses) with regard to CITES (e.g. leeches, sturgeons, turtles, parrots; criteria for adequate housing); 

• broad experience in design and management of international and interdisciplinary scientific projects ( e.g. EU agri-environmental instruments, financing instruments) with emphasis to Accession Countries;

• scientific statements on applications to the Agency by scientific institutions and scientists asking for financing or financial support of research projects;

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes,

• Professional knowledge of vegetation science, determination of plants and vegetation,

• Knowledge of taxonomy, ecology and field methods of several fauna taxa in Germany: dragonflies, grasshoppers and butterflies (partly)

• professional knowledge of biotope classification systems as CORINE, habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and national biotope classification and experience in the delimitation of biotope types in the field,

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in national biotope classification,

• Experience in the management of nature protection sites, including the implementation of practical conservation measures in the field,

• Professional knowledge of impact assessment,

• Longstanding experience of GIS and Computerisation,

• experience in coordinating and conducting LIFE-projects and developing scientific research projects in nature conservation.

• Longstanding knowledge of land-use planning, nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies

• Experience in interpretation of environmental data, assisted through the application of geographic information systems

• Experience in implementation of the FFH- and Birds-Directive in the federal state Brandenburg

• Knowledge of FFH-impact appraisals (regional development plan, linear projects e. g. motor highways, pipelines, other projects)

• Experience of GIS and Computerisation

• Teacher at the institution for vocational training, Berlin

• Various contracts and co-operation with public institutions

• Management of several specific working groups on selected topics

• Head of unit „Landscape planning and Landscape Development“ at the Saxony-Anhalt State Agency for Environmental Protection

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, biotope management, determination of plants, vegetation science, species of annex II, IV and V

• Longstanding experience and professional knowledge in malacology and other zoological groups (esp. Odonata, Orthoptera, Amphibia, Reptilia)

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (CORINE, habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and national biotope classification)

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH-Directive

• Responsible for reporting obligations of the habitats directive on national level

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in national biotope classification

• Knowledge of impact assessment, consulting service for ministries and private agencies

• Karasis-Project (current, with Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Istanbul, DAI): archeobotany, environmental reconstruction.

• More than 13 months of field-research in Turkey.

• Knowledge of impact assessment, consulting service for private agencies (Trans-Rapid-Project, railway-projects, motor highways) [sic!; Planungsbüro!]

• Co-superviser of diploma, master and Ph.D. thesis of German and Turkish students.

• Associate Editor of the Turkish Journal of Botany (Vegetation).

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting scientific research projects in Montenegro, Turkey, Peru, Ecuador, Canary Islands, Madeira.

• Peer reviewer for international journals, e.g. Biodiversity and Conservation, Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, Turkish Journal of Botany, Willdenowia.

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation as Deputy Director of the Directorate “Nature Conservation”in the Federal Ministry for the Environment responsible inter alia for drafting of legislation and preparation and implementation of international conventions on conservation of wild plants and animals e.g. Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and  the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.

• Longstanding experience in the implementation and enforcement of the Washington Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; active contributor in all the meetings of the Conference of the Parties since 1976 as Head or Deputy Head of the German Delegation

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- and Birds-Directive and the Agreements under the Bonn Convention (AEWA, ASCOBANS and EUROBATS)

• Competence in international cooperation in the fields of nature conservation

• Professional knowledge of vegetation analysis and ecology (landscape ecology), identification of habitats and biotopes

• Determination of vascular plants, bryophytes and vegetation

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification

• Experience in life strategy analysis and ecomorphological adaptations (‘functional types’) of vascular plants and bryophytes

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting of interdisciplinary scientific research in the Tropics, the Near and Middle East and Central Asia

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology of higher plants, determination of plants and vegetation

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (CORINE, habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and national biotope classification, CIR-aerial photos)

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- and Birds-Directive

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in national biotope classification

• Knowledge of impact assessment, consulting service for ministries and private agencies

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting LIFE-projects, scientific research projects in nature conservation and training

• Good knowledge of European and Turkish Lepidoptera (esp. Geometridae, Noctuidae)

• About 10 excursions to many parts of Turkey in 1991-2002

• Author of Red Lists (Lepidoptera)

• Organisation of national and international conferences and workshops

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, population ecology of  animal species, esp. invertebrates

• Professional knowledge in coordination of the work on „Red data lists“ of threatened and endangered animal and plant species, especially in Saxony-Anhalt, and compiling these lists as well as preparing them for edition

• Experience in organization of cooperation of scientific institutions and voluntary working specialists

• Organizing and assortment of data on species composition in centrally managed data bases

• Experience in transition and implementation of the FFH-directive in Saxony-Anhalt, especially in the classification of FFH-areas and -species, recording and monitoring of FFH-species

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecology

• Professional knowledge of ichthyology, including fish taxonomy, biogeography and identification

• Independent expert for national and international conservation agencies, including EU Commission, OSPAR

• Professional knowledge in hydrology, dynamic succession, genesis, vegetation, classification and water quality of aquatic ecosystems

• Practical experiences in restoration of bogs, swamps and waters (lakes, running waters)

• Acquaintance with mapping of biotope types, macrophytes and aquatic animals

• Experiences with protection and development of landscape water supply

• Expert on dragonflies and their habitats

• Competence on nature conservation theory and on transmission of ecological knowledge

• Responsible for international plant species conservation and advise the German Ministry of Environment on the scientific background of these issues

• Focus of CITES plant work beyond the horticultural trade of orchids and succulents to encompass also commodity trade in timber and medicinal plants

• Capacity building through seminars and the production of checklists, ID sheets and trade surveys have helped the BfN to fulfil its role as lead CITES agency in Germany.

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies; identification of habitats and landscape structures

• Professional knowledge in remote sensing and aerial photographic interpretation in nature conservation

• Scientific and developmental work for classifications of habitats in Germany, development for interpetational manuals for the mapping of habitats in several federal states in Germany

• 10 years experience in science- and project management in nature conservation, landscape analysis and planning

• Co-ordination of research projects in nature conservation for different organisations

• Project development, execution, workflow, incl. preparatory personal and financial management

• Project leader for several habitat classifications of large areas (federal states Saxonia, Brandenburg, pp. Thuringia in Germany)

• Development and execution of workshops, seminars for training in aerial photographic and satellite image interpretation in nature conservation

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology, morphology and systematic of higher plants, determination of plants and vegetation types

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (CORINE, habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and national biotope classification, CIR-aerial photos)

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- and Birds-Directive in Germany

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in national biotope classification

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting projects, scientific research projects in nature conservation and training

• Responsible for training in different areas, especially all kinds of prohibitions and restrictions concerning the border crossing trade and for customs regulations

• Training Seminar for different bodies working in the field of CITES and Species Protection, disposal of confiscated live animals and plants, investigations and cooperation with police, customs, and other national and international institutions and agencies

• Biological skills in ecology, vegetation science and zoology, professional experience in the implementation of the Habitats Directive,

• Professional knowledge of landscape ecology, identification and evaluation of biotopes and habitat types, determination of birds, amphibians, dragonflies and grasshoppers, plants and vegetation,

• Competence on interpretation habitat types,

• Professional and long-standing knowledge of nature conservation and ecology, in particular in wildlife conservation and in developing/implementing national and international regulations on the conservation of wild animals

• Extensive professional experience as scientific representative of the German government in national and international meetings and conferences regarding wildlife conservation

• Scientific expertise in field research, taxonomy, systematics and (applied) ecology of vertebrates in several countries (see 13., also e.g. Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong)

• Competence for negotiations, oral presentations and lessons on scientific issues in German and English

• Practical experiences in organisation and preparation of basic and advanced trainings for civil servants and students in nature protection and landscape or land care management including contents of NATURA 2000 demands.

• Basic trainings in Poland for polish civil servants in the field of EIA, especially mapping and taking into account the aspects of flora and fauna and protected areas.

• Elaborating and supervising NATURA 2000 Management Plans partially worked out by consultants in Franconia/Bavaria

• Professional knowledge of landscape planning, environmental impact assessment, assessment after art. 6 of the habitats directive and mitigation regulation after the federal law of nature conservation

• Experience and knowledge in federal transport planning, especially environmental impact assessment

• Experience in consulting service for ministries, nature conservation agencies of the Länder and private agencies

• Experience in developing and coordinating scientific research projektcts in landscape planning, mitigation regulation and assessment after art. 6 of the habitats directive

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology of higher plants

• Taxonomy of higher plants (especially critical groups)

• Coordination of a grid-mapping project of the flora on a federal state level

• Profound knowledge of the eastern mediterranean vegetation (several field trips)

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and several regional biotope classifications)

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in biotope classification

• Professional knowledge of development of computer systems for nature conservation and GIS. Leader of the computer system for nature conservation in Saxony-Anhalt  (Fachinformationssystem Naturschutz  - FIS-N).

• Developer of several computer programs for nature conservation (Parts of FIS-N):

• WINART (Data collecting of plants and animals in a database)

• BIOLRT (Data collecting of biotopes and FFH habitats in a database)

• WINSCHUK (Data collecting of protected areas in a database)

• Experience and professional knowledge on development of nature conservation databases

• Longstanding experience of GIS and Computerisation

• Longstanding experience in ornithology and nature conservation

• Competence in integration of nature and landscape conservation into a concept of sustainable human use and agreement between agriculture, hunting and other kinds of land use and protected areas

• Knowledge of Hydrography especially in lake ecology

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting of ecological projects and scientific research projects

• Experience in public relations activities for nature conservation and conflict management

• Experience in touristic development of reserves

• Law Enforcement experience since 1984, especially with environment protection agencies.

• Installing and executing of the Council Directive 92/43 (EEC) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (EG) Nr. and of the Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds in Lower Saxony.

• Executing the Council Regulation (EG) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein.

• Executing of the German legislation on Nature Protection.

• Professional knowledge of ecosystem analysis, nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecology, identification of habitats and biotopes, vegetation dynamics under human impact, population ecology of higher plants, determination of plants and vegetation.

• Long term experience and professional knowledge of vegetation and biotope classification under human impact in SW- and SE-Turkey, mapping of vegetation units.

• Knowledge of environmental impact assessments, consulting service for the provincial government of Berlin (climate survey) and Turkish forestry department (Amanos Mtn.), 

• Longstanding experience of GIS, esp. vegetation classification with aerial photographs and satellite images (Turkey, Egypt, Sudan)

• Professional experience in developing, coordinating and conducting international and inter-disciplinary scientific research projects in nature conservation and training.

• Research Biodiversity (Structure, Taxonomy, Biogeography, Ecology of Animals)

• Teaching Biodiversity (university level; general education; model courses ecology)

• Management (Faculty, NGO, scientific societies)

• Organising (scientific conferences, workshops, expeditions

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology of higher plants, determination of plants and vegetation

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (CORINE, habitats of Annex I of the Habitats Directive and National Biotope Classification, CIR-aerial photos)

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- and Birds-Directive

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. landscape ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, vegetation and landscape history, determination of plants and vegetation

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (habitats of Annex I of the habitats directive and national biotope classification, CIR-aerial photos)

• Longstanding experience in transition and implementation of the FFH- Directive

• Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in national biotope classification

• Experience of GIS and Computerisation

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, esp. bird populations, determination; IBA’s and SPA’s in Brandenburg

• Longstanding experience in bird researching on military training areas in Brandenburg

• Competence on interpretation of IBA’s and SPA’s in Brandenburg (Bird-Directive)

• knowledge in cooperation with ministries, private agencies

• experience of GIS (Arcview) and PowerPoint Presentation

• Professional knowledge of nature conservation and ecologies, identification of habitats and biotopes, population ecology of higher plants

• Determination of plants and vegetation

• Experience and professional knowledge of biotope classification (habitats of Annex I of the Habitats Directive), especially those of northern germany, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and their coastlines

• Experience in transition and implementation of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive (mainly, since 1994) and the Bird Conservation Directive at scientific level (minor)

• Experience in scientific cooperating with other state agencies and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bonn, Isle of Vilm)
  Competence on interpretation of habitat types and their transition in regional biotope classifications

• Knowledge of impact assessment according to Article 6 of the Habitats Directive incl. conservation objectives; advising services and scientific support of the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Agriculture, of private agencies, Regional Agencies for Nature Conservation (e.g. motorways, railway and dike projects, maintenance of brooks and rivers)

• Experience in developing, coordinating and conducting scientific research projects within the implementation of the Habitats Directive (e.g. monitoring species of Annex II of the Habitats Directive)