Current Research
- sensory ecology of subterranean mammals
- hearing biology of mammals (particularly the morphology of the middle and inner ear)
- ecology and ethology of subterranean mammals
Curriculum vitae
2002 - 2006 Doctoral candidate at the Department of General Zoology, dissertation title: 'Sinnesökologie afrikanischer Sandgräber (Bathyergidae) am Beispiel von Hör- und Geruchssinn' ('Sensory ecology of african mole-rats [Bathyergidae] as exemplified by the auditory and olfactory senses'); degree summa cum laude.
2006-2008 State grammar school, Marl, Germany
current employmentSince 1 Februrary 2008 teacher of biology and geography at Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck in Goch, Germany (http://www.gaesdonck.de/)