Diplom degree, Geography

Diploma Project "Deforestation in Costa Rica - A case study on the Peninsula Burica with special stress to the discharge variations of small drainage systems".

Excursion to California/USA "Border problems between the USA and Mexico".

Project work at the Orinocodelta, Venezuela.

Study in Geography at the Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, (minor subjects Biology and Geology)

Studium Generale, Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen

Abitur (equivalent to A-level)