Education

  • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Technical University of Berlin in cooperation with the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (2000)
  • Degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Sassari (Italy) (1996)
  • Certificate “Data Management with SQL”, OPEN Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam (2013)

Professional experience and previous fields of activity

Freelancer in the company BIO-Diverse Dr. Nicole Nöske, Dr. Luciana Zedda GbR from 2012 to 2022 (biodiversity research and communication).

Research: over 20 years of experience in biodiversity research in the Mediterranean region and southern Africa. Author of numerous publications and supervisor of diploma, master and doctoral theses.
Publications and public relations: author of scientific publications, research reports, teaching materials for schools and universities, editing, blogging and social media, technical translations.
Information management: project management and collaboration on several projects, construction and maintenance of specialized websites as well as conceptual design and content maintenance of databases. Data management from construction, coordination to application of web-based specialized information systems. Maintenance of websites and internet portals, online marketing, usability and quality assurance. Handling of research data and bibliographic data.
Environmental education: at schools and extracurricular institutions (primary, lower and upper secondary) and in adult education.
Academic teaching: Private lecturer in botany at the University of Sassari (Italy) and lecturer in lichenology at the University of Bayreuth (2002-2009). Lecturer in data and literature research (Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences) (2014-2018). Lecturer at UNISA (University of South Africa) (2014-2020).

Former employers and clients

  • European Commission (EC)
  • Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland LV NRW e.V.
  • University of South Africa (UNISA) (Pretoria)
  • Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences (Department of Ecotrophology)
  • University of Bayreuth (Mycology)
  • ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences (Cologne, Bonn)
  • University of Sassari, Italy (Department of Agriculture)
  • University of Sassari, Italy (Consorzio Uno)
  • Botanical State Collection Munich
  • University of Bonn (Geobotany & Nature Conservation)
  • Technical University (TU) Berlin (Inst. f. Ökologie) (with grant)
  • Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum FU Berlin (with grant)