WORK EXPERIENCE
- Since November 2024: Researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in the project Mobile-S (Mobility of elderly people in urban districts)
- May 2022 – July 2022: Researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in the project RENATUR (Improving regional policies to better protect the natural heritage of peri-urban open spaces)
- Ocotber 2022 – September 2024: Researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in the project HUMANECO
- December 2019 – December 2021: Researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in the project Ecu-MAES (A National Ecosystem Services Assessment and Mapping for the status and future development of ecosystem services and biodiversity – a fast track study in Ecuador)
- December 2018 – April 2022: Researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in the project R4SES (Research, innovation and graduation for socio-ecological systems in motion)
- August 2016 – March 2017: Researcher in WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus Alpin – Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research Unit (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- August 2011 – July 2012: Research Assistant at Seoul National University Asia Center, Seoul, South Korea Project: Development of mechanisms for implementing initiatives to combat Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD)
- April 2009 – June 2011: Research Assistant at the Urban Regeneration Research Centre of Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Sejong-si, South Korea
EDUCATION
- June 2017 – 2022: Doctoral student at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Title: “Agricultural land use planning for enhancing ecosystem services using scenario-based assessment: Cases of Bolgatanga and Bongo districts in the Upper East Region, Ghana”
- April 2013 – 2022: Doctoral student at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resource Management, University of Bonn, Project: WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use)
- March 2007 – February 2009: M.A. in Geography at Seoul National University, Department of Geography, Seoul, South Crea. Title: “The spatial variation of environmental amenity: A case study for a housing development site”. Project: Development of technical methods to assess ecological values for the future eco-friendly construction, Korea Institute of Construction and Transportation Technology. Scholarship from “The Korea Scholarship Foundation For the Future Leaders” (2007-2008)
- March 2002 – February 2007: B.A. in Geography at Seoul National University, Department of Geography, Seoul, South Korea. Title: “Reclaimed land of Cheonsu bay and sustainable development: Is it possible that development and conservation can be achieved in parallel?” Excellent records scholarship (2006)
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