Born & raised in St. Gallen, Switzerland

2007 Mag.rer. nat. in Biology (Zoology) at the University of Vienna, Austria

2014 Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA

2014 – 2019 Postdoc, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA

2016 – current Smithsonian Research Associate (Conservation Biology Institute)

2019 – 2025 Postdoc/Senior Scientist, Institute of Forest Ecology, BOKU University, Vienna

2025 Full Professor in Forest Ecology, BOKU University