- date of birth: 27.01.1961 in Berlin
- Family status: married, 2 children
- Citizenship: German
- Languages: German, English
Education
- 1986 Diplomökonom, University of Economics, Berlin
- 1986-1989 Ph.D. student in Operations Research, University of Economics, Berlin
- 1989 Dr. oec., University of Economics, Berlin
Professional carrier
- 1989-1990 Research Assistant, Institute for Cybernetics, Academy of Science, Berlin
- 1990-1992 Research Assistant, Institute for Ecosystem Research, Berlin
- since 1992 Research Assistant, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- 1995-1999 Deputy chair of the department “Global change and Social Systems” at PIK
- 2005-2018 Working group leader “Macroeconomic modeling” at the research domain “Sustainable Solutions”
- Since 2018 Working group leader “Macroeconomic modeling of climate change mitigation and impacts” at the research domain "Transformation Pathways"