Education & Professional Experience

Education

2010 - Ph.D. in Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Germany

2003 - M.Sc. in Forestry for Sustainable Development, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands

2000 - B.Sc. in Forestry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada


Professional experience

03.2010 – present
Post-Doctoral fellow in the REDD-ALERT project (www.redd-alert.eu)
Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany

09.2006 – 03.2010
PhD Student in the Stability of Rainforest Margins Project (http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/40515.html)
Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany

10.2003 – 03.2006
Research Associate in the ENCOFOR project (http://www.joanneum.at/encofor/)
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) / International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Nairobi, Kenya & Colombo, Sri Lanka

01.2005 – 07.2005
Tsunami Disaster Recovery Operation, Sri Lanka

05.2000 – 04.2001
Assistant Management Planning Forester
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Nipigon, Ontario, Canada

4 months, 2003
Consultant Forester
KBM Forestry Consultants Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

4 months/summer, 2001, 1999, 1997
Silviculture Assistant
Domtar Forest Resources, Red Rock and White River, Ontario, Canada

4 months, 1998
Silviculture Student
Blue Ridge Lumber (1981) Ltd., Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada