Research interests
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- Development of analytical methods for detecting secondary plant metabolites
- Method development and adjustment of procedures regarding extraction and detection
- Improvement of secondary plant metabolite detection by using spectrometric methods (especially HPLC, LC-MS)
- Analysis of secondary plant metabolites of plants (especially compounds from trees and tropical plants)
- Effects of stress on the secondary plant metabolite profile
- Correlation of the secondary plant metabolite profile with its bioactive potential (compound mixtures as well as fractionated single compounds) as…
- Anti-oxidative as well as anti-carcinogenic potential
- Mutagenic as well as toxicity potential
- Exploitation of secondary plant metabolites for an improved diet and preventative health
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Projects (selection)
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- Breeding of new biomass clones of willows with the help of intra- and interspecific crossings to generate yield-rich and drought-tolerant propagating material with a high tolerance towards rust fungus - FNR-BMEL
- Ex-situ conservation of salicin-rich willows and implementation of a model population for a sustainable use of biodiversity within the genus Salix - BLE
- Collaborative project INKA-BB (Innovation Network of Climate Change Adaptation Brandenburg Berlin) - BMBF
- Salimed (Targeted Salix crossing and chemoprofiling for improved medicinal potential of willow bark) - BMBF
- Anti-carcinogenic potential of selected Moringa oleifera glucosinolates (PhD thesis)
- Impact of terroir on the nutritional, phytochemical and physicochemical composition of Moringa oleifera from different agro-ecological zones in Ghana (PhD thesis)
- Hortinlea (Learning and Innovation in Horticultural Value Chains to Improve the Livelihood Situation of Rural and Urban Poor in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania) - BMBF/BMZ
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Scholarships and Awards
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- Nomination for “Humboldt-Preis“
- Completion of the “Caroline von Humboldt-Abschlussstipendium“ Grant for PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Doctoral scholarship of the “Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.“
- Award “Förderpreis Agrarökologie 2010 des A.S.P.“ from the “Verein zur Förderung Agrar- und Stadtökologischer Projekte e.V.“ for best master thesis
- Award “Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer-Förderpreis“ der “Freunde und Förderer der Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin e. V.“ for best bachelor thesis
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Memberships
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- DGG – "Deutsche Gartenbauwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft"
- „Förderverein zur Bewahrung, Anbau und Einsatz von traditionellen Heil-, Duft- und Gewürzpflanzen e. V.“
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Publications
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