I am an interdisciplinary researcher and team builder at the interface of plant pathology, plant ecology, geography, data science and remote sensing. Trained in bioengineering (HAW Hamburg) and plant ecology (Universität Hamburg), I hold a joint PhD in remote sensing of plant diseases from Macquarie University and Universität Hamburg.

I study how biotic and abiotic stress modulates plant functional traits, such as leaf angle, leaf area and leaf structure, and therefore the remote sensing signals that drone and satellite sensors detect, from leaf to landscape.

Because models are only as good as their reference data, I build open and transparent research software and data. I bring together interdisciplinary teams from plant science, geography and data science to tackle these questions jointly.

I work at the University of Göttingen and co-founded the Plant Health Remote Sensing Lab at the University of Pretoria. Students interested in these topics are welcome to get in touch.