2016—Diploma of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics, University of Bern, Switzerland
2008—Ph.D., Plant Ecology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Advisor: Peter J. Edwards. Dissertation: „Ecological significance of ploidy level of native and invasive populations of Solidago gigantea“. Available online here (doi: 10.3929/ethz-a-005691046)
2003—Diploma of Environmental Sciences (equivalent to a M.S.), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2019 – current—Affiliated with
Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
2018 – 2019—Research associate, FES, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
2017 – 2018—Post-Doc research associate, FES, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
2015 – 2017—Assistant, Institute of Conservation Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
2009 – 2015—Post-Doc research associate, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, USA
2008 – 2009—Post-Doc researcher, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
2004 – 2008—Scientific assistant, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Manuscript reviewer (see my profile at publons): Advances in Atmospheric Sciences; Annals of Botany; Arid Land Research & Management; Biogeosciences; Biological Invasions; Climatic Change; Community Ecology; Diversity and Distribution; Ecography; Ecohydrology; Ecology; Ecology and Evolution; Ecosphere; Ecosystems; Folia Geobotanica; Functional Ecology; Genetica; Geophysical Research Letters; Global Change Biology; Global Ecology and Biogeography; IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters; Journal of Arid Environments; Journal of Ecology; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Hydrology; Journal of Plant Ecology; Journal of Vegetation Science; Land Degradation & Development; Molecular Ecology; Nature Climate Change; New Phytologist; PeerJ; Plant Biology; Plant Species Biology; PLoSONE; Rangeland Ecology & Management; Scientific Reports; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Vadose Zone Journal; Water; Western North American Naturalist
Reviewer of grant proposals: National Science Foundation (NSF): 2018; Belgium Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS): 2017–2018; Icelandic Research Fund (RANNIS): 2017; Hungary National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH): 2015
Scientific workshops:
Co-organizer of a week-long workshop “Climate change and ecohydrology in temperate dryland ecosystems: a global assessment” funded by the US Geological Survey, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis (Aug 2012, Fort Collins, CO)
Scientific meetings:
Co-organizer and chair of an oral and two poster sessions at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU, December 2018)
Organizer of an oral session at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA, August 2012)