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.