Current position
2013-
Berufung zur Außerplanmäßigen Professorin an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
2009-
Senior Scientist
Head of working group soil-plant interaction (SPI)

Previous positions
2004 - 2009
Head of Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group BASS Joint research group of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
Research topic: Bioavailability of arsenic - soil-plant-food transfer of As with special emphasis on rhizosphere processes
1999 - 2004
DFG-Funding for "Habilitation" Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Research Topic: Plant induced heterogeneity of soil osmotic potential. Relevance for plant water uptake.
1995 - 1999
Project Management Technical University of Cottbus, Germany; Research topic: Re-establishment of soil functions in landscapes formed after open-cast lignite mining - soil amendment with organic waste materials (REKLAM, BMBF Project).
1993 - 1995
Project Management - private industry 

1988 - 1993
Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim

• PhD: Root induced spatial variation of soil water content and its effect on phosphorus uptake and growth of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum [L.] Leeke) under drought conditions
• Diploma Thesis: Impact of VA mycorrhiza on growth and drought stress tolerance of Cicer arietinum L.

Education
1983 - 1989
Undergraduate study: "Agriculture-Biology", University of Hohenheim (Plant Nutrition, Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Plant Ecology, Plant Protection).