Research interests

• Diversification of organic cropping systems as a strategy to promote soil fertility and plant health
• Circular agriculture

Research Project

• Development of climate-adapted crop rotations for organic farming systems in Saxony-Anhalt
• Evaluation of the cultivation suitability of alternative legume and oilseed crops
• Investigating the impact of extreme weather events on the resilience of diversified organic crop rotations
• Assessment of resilience through multi-year field experiments and modelling
• Extrapolation of cropping system stability to future climate scenarios

Research Profiles & Publications

Curriculum vitae

• Since 2024: PhD student at the Department of Agronomy and Organic Farming, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2023-2024: Research Assistant at the Department of Agronomy and Organic Farming, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2021-2024: M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  Thesis: “Effect of winter cover crops on soil water and nitrogen dynamics before silage maize cultivation on a Chernozem in Saxony-Anhalt“
• 2017-2021: Environmental Sciences B.Sc. at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg
  Thesis: “Phosphate leaching potential of agricultural soil types in Lower Saxony”