I studied Landscape Ecology at Munster University and received a PhD in organic agriculture from Kassel University. After postdocs in insect visual physiology and behaviour at Queen Mary University London and Imperial College London, I led the Crops Programme at the Organic Research Centre (UK). From 2013 to 2017 I was lecturer of agronomy at Humboldt University Berlin. I am now leading the Agroecology and Organic Farming group at University of Bonn.