Short Curriculum vitae

 

Studies:

MSc (Physical Geography) - Ludwig Maximilians-University, Munich.

Minor subjects: Remote Sensing and Geology.

Thesis:

Supervised Landsat-TM classification of the spatially heterogeneous

Savanna of Hlhuhluwe-Umfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal.

 

Selected professional experience:

RapidEye A.G.:

Applied and scientific work GIS and Remote Sensing

 

Katavi Rukwa Conservation and Development project

German Technical Cooperation (GTZ/KRCD): 

Development and Implementation of GIS supported

Ecological Monitoring Programme

in Katavi National Park and Rukwa Lukwati Game Reserves

Training of protected area staff in ecological field methods

and computer opperation

GIS and GPS training sessions

 

Selous Conservation Project (GTZ/SCP):

GIS, mapping and spatial analysis of Wildlife Management Areas

 

Current fields of work:

Assistance in the establishment of the Katavi Education Centre

and

The Non-Governmental Organisation Friends of Katavi Ecosystem

 

Associated to the Department Nature Management, University

of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

 

Participating in the conference of the Society of Conservation Biology:

Success and difficulties in implementing an ecological monitoring programme

in Katavi National Park and Rukwa Lukwati Game Reserves, Western Tanzania.

 

Research Proposals handed in to various organisations

 

Generation of the TANAPA Ecological Monitoring Methods Handbook

in cooperation with TANAPA.