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* 16. September 1959 in Elgersburg, Thuringia. Student in Biology and Ecology 1981-1986 at the Rostock University, Graduated 1986 in Ecology; 1986-1989 Ph. D. student at the Martin-Luther-university Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for geobotany; PhD degree (Dr. rer. nat.) 1990 about questions of anthropogenic vegetation changes on road side verges; 1989-1990 Ecologist at the municipal administration of Rostock, leader of the municipal nature conservation working group, 1991 to 2005 head of the department for nature conservation at the State Office for Environment and Nature Rostock; 2006 visiting lecturer of the Institute for plant science at the Karl-Franzens-Univesity Graz; since 2007 Head of the Botanical Garden Graz; Dr. rer. nat. habil.(2008)