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C.103
Steingruberstraße 1a
91746 Weidenbach
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Lehre im Studiengang International Farm Management
- Unternehmensführung & Controlling
- Unternehmensplanung
- Vertiefendes Studienprojekt
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Frühere Projekte
- 09/2013-03/2014, BAOFRUIT – Partnership for developing the use of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in the African and European food industry to improve sustainable resource utilization and livelihoods of poor farmers in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DG13015
- 03/2016-12/2019, BAOFOOD – Enhancing local food security and nutrition through promoting the use of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in rural communities of Eastern Africa. Role: Project lead. BMEL (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) through Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft/ BLE, FKZ 2813 FSNU07, http://baofood.de/
- 12/2016-11/2020, WoodCluster – Narrowing the East African wood supply gap: research and teaching for farm-wood-production based national bio-economies. Role: Contributor. BMBF, Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), FKZ SSA2015-33-041
- 07/2016-06/2020, Food Pro.tec.ts – Food production technologies for trans-boundary systems. Role: Contributor. INTERREG V A Deutschland-Nederland, Bezirksregierung Münster, Domplatz 36, 48143 Münster, FKZ: Food Pro.tec.t
- 05/2017-10/2019, SUSWALFOOD – Analysis and sustainable use of the nutritional potential and secondary plant components of underutilized plant species in Kyrgyz walnut forests. Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DK17016, https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/de/seite/suswalfood-projekt
- 02/2019-03/2020, NutzbAr – Building a research consortium for evaluation and sustainable use of the biodiversity in agricultural and forest landscapes in Brazil – towards innovative products and services. Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01DN19011
- 09/2019-12/2022, BAOQUALITY – Quality improvement and more efficient utilization of products derived from the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) to enhance food security and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Role: Project lead. BMEL (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) through Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft/ BLE, FKZ 2816PROC17, http://baoquality-project.de/
- 06/2020-05/2022, ELSOFP – Expansion of Kyrgyz, Tajik and Uzbek local smallholder organic agriculture and forest-based food products to EU Markets. Role: Contributor. EuropeAid/162864/DD/ACT/Multi, Central Asia Invest V, project ID ACA/2019/162864/12, https://eu-cai.org/about-the-eu-central-asia-invest-programme/cai-grantees/currently-ongoing-projects/expansion-of-kyrgyz-tajik-and-uzbek-local-smallholder-organic-agriculture-and-forest-based-food-products-to-eu-markets/
- 11/2022-10/2025, SUFACHAIN – Promoting sustainable land management through product, process and SME development in NTFP and agroforestry value chains of Central Asia, Role: Project lead. BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/ DLR, FKZ 01LZ2201A, http://sufachain.org/
- 01/2024-12/2024, CONFARMED – Multidisciplinary approach to Conserve and farm edible insects for a circular food economy in Uganda. Role: Project lead. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Project ID 528964439.
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Mitgliedschaften
- ATSAF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tropische und subtropische Agrarforschung e.V.)
- EFARD (European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development)
- IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), Task Force “Unlocking the bioeconomy and non-timber forest products”
- DeFAF (Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft e.V.)
- EURAF (European Agroforestry Federation)
Beruflicher Werdegang
04/2012 – 05/2024
Professor für Agribusiness, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Fakultät Life Sciences, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, D-47533 Kleve
08/2023 – 01/2024
Gastwissenschaftler, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculty of Technology, Department of Forest Engineering, Brasília DF, Brazil
03/2020 – 08/2020
Gastprofessor, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Ha Noi, Vietnam
02/2018 – 08/2018
Gastwissenschaftler, ICRAF Central Asia office, 138 Toktogul Street, 720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
06/2008 – 03/2012
Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Kurfürstendamm 185, D-10707 Berlin