During my PhD at the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn I worked on root hair formation on maize roots, in particular the genetic and molecular dissection of their development by characterizing mutants defective in root hair production. Thereafter I joined a lab in Japan investigating rice roots in response to nutrient stresses enabled by a Post-Doc scholarship. Returning to Germany, I joined the newly formed root dynamics group of IBG-2 at Forschungszentrum Jülich investigating root systems of sorghum, rice, and wheat and their response to environmental conditions.
Since 2025 I am a research manager at PtJ involved in european initiatives and interantional affairs.