Field experience: Topics: land use (change), soil survey, vegetation cover change, deforestation Geographical Areas: Central Asia (NCCR North-South), Horn of Africa (SPP-Environment), High Atlas Mountains of Morocco (PhD), Wallis / Switzerland (MSc)
Areas of professional focus: sustainable development in (semi-arid) mountain areas, natural resource management in mountain areas, deforestation processes, highland-lowland interactive systems, irrigation systems in (semi-arid) mountain areas, energy supply & consumption in (remote) mountain areas agro-sylvo-pastoral land use systems in (semi-arid) mountain areas, pastoralism, integrated water(-shed) management
Languages: French (mother tongue), German (mother tongue), English (oral & written), Italian (oral), Spanish (oral), Russian (oral, basics)