I hold a degree in Forest Sciences which somehow seamlessly led to another degree in Artifical Intelligence. After an extended period working for IT startups and learning how to build software professionally, I returned to academia for a PhD combining ecology, data science and social media to contribute to new solutions addressing environmental challenges.
I am now an independent researcher with a focus on mobilising new data for environmental monitoring via social media and turning online communities into citizen science movements for environmental stewardship.
PhD, 2015
University of Göttingen
MSc in Artificial Intelligence, 1998
The University of Edinburgh
MSc in Forest Sciences, 1995
University of Göttingen