Education
PhD Candidate, Chair of Hydrology, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg – Germany
April 2022 – Today
PhD Candidate in DFG funded Subsurface Storm Flow (SSF) Project, researching SSF using stable-water isotopes, presentation of own research at international conferences, conducting field & labwork, startistical analysis and data visualization. For more info, visit the blog section at
Participated in further education and development courses:
- Science Communication and Social Media (2023)
- Writing with reason and resonance (2023)
- Writers Studio (2023)
- Summer school on transdisciplinary research (2023)
- Conversation and negotiation skills (2024)
- Basics of business administration (2024)
- Writing grant proposals (2024)
- Career Planning (2024)
Hydrology, Master of Science, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg – Germany
Since October 2019 – April 2022
Lectures in Data Collection and Management, Environmental Statistics, Hydrologic Modelling, Global Change, Catchment Hydrology, Isotopes and Tracers, Soilphysics, Hydrogeology, Engineering Hydrology
Geosciences, Master EUCOR Exchange, University Basel – Switzerland
March 2021 – August 2021
Lectures in UAVs and Rovers in Geosciences, Soil Erosion, Floodmanagement, Hydrgeologic Modelling, Introduction to Organic Farming, Scientific Writing
Environmental Sciences, Bachelor of Science, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg – Germany
October 2016 – September 2019
Minor in Environmental Hydrology
Bachelor Thesis: “Influence of filtration on Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plant effluents”
Lectures in Remote Sensing and GIS, Environmental Analysis, Physics, Math, Meteorology, Geochemistry, Ecohydrology, Geoinformatics, Biology and Ecology, Hydrology, Hydrogeology
Scholarships & Awards
WATSON Short-Term-Scientific-Mission Grant
Year 2023
Travel grant for a research visit to the University of Bern, Institute of Geography
DHG (German hydrological association) Fieldstudy Scholarship
Year 2023
Research Grant for developing Isoscapes using a novel precipitation autosampler
Roland Schlich travel support – European Geoscience Union 2023
Year 2023
Recieved the Early Career Scientist’s Travel Support (ECSTS) for my abstract:
Freiburg Hydrology Scholarship – Förderverein Hydrologie e.V.
Year 2020-2021
Work-Experience
Freelance Environmental Data Scientist & Seminar Trainer
September 2020 – Today
Instructing Environment- and climate-seminars, provide environmental statistical services for consulting offices with R and GIS
Seminar Trainer & Group Koordinator, Greenpeace Freiburg
December 2016 – Today
Voluntary engagement
Lead group activity, Chair weekly meetings (live or via Zoom), plan and execute new initiatives to teach public about needs to conserve environment, briefing parcitipants for actions, give fundamental and Zoom seminars
September 2020 – April 2022
Support with the introduction, establishment and further development of the e-learning platform GETsmart
Working Student, Fichtner Water & Transportation Freiburg – Germany
February 2021 – July 2021
Hydrological Modelling, Automatisation of Workflows using R
Intern, UDATA GmbH, Neustadt Weinstr.
July 2020 – September 2020
GIS Analysis with Arc/QGIS, Environmental Modelling using CoupModel, Website Administration
Intern, WVER, Düren
March 2019 – May 2019
Department of Catchment Hydrology
Analysed pecipitation radar data, streamlined the process by writing R-Code and instructed coworkers, presented results, designed geodata displays in ArcGIS, sampled microplastics in wastewater treatment plant effluents using self-made
sampler
Student Assistant, Physical Geography, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
October 2018 – March 2019
Taught ArcGIS in course “Geomatik II” to Bachelor students, operated the lerarning management system ILIAS
Intern, WVER, Düren
April 2018 – March 2018
Department of Water Ressource Management
Enquired, selected, edited and analysed geodata using ArcGIS, assembled and compiled precipitation data
Teaching
Summer Semester 2024
Basics of Hydrology, Bachelor – 2 SWS
Gave lectures on catchment Hydrology, facilitated infiltration measurements, discharge measurements and hydrological modeling exercise, graded reports & final exam
Winter Semester 2023/24
HYDPRO – GIS Introduction – 2 SWS
Gave lectures and tutored GIS for Hydrology (Catchment delineation, Flow Accumulation, etc.)
Tracer Hydrology, Master – 2 SWS
facilitated soil column tracer experiments, tutoring lessons
Summer Semester 2023
Tracer Hydrology, Master – 2 SWS
Gave lectures on isotope hydrology & facilitated soil column tracer experiments, tutoring lessons, graded final reports
Basics of Hydrology, Bachelor – 2 SWS
Gave lectures on catchment Hydrology, facilitated infiltration measurements, discharge measurements and hydrological modeling exercise, graded reports & final exam