Name | |
Margret Boysen | |
Date and Place of Birth | |
1967 Rendsburg, Germany | |
University Education | |
May 88 – Sept 95 | Study of Geology and Paleontology, Freie Universität Berlin |
Scholarship from Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst | |
Further Qualifications | |
Sep 94/Oct 94 | International COMETT-Course on micropaleontology, Basel, Switzerland |
Mar 96 – Mar 97 | One-year full-time training in special interest journalism, Berlin, Germany |
Work Experience | |
1989 - 1997 | Voluntary work for the ornithological stations Radolfzell and Hiddensee, Germany |
Nov 86 – June 87 | German teacher at the Ecole paralléle, Paris, France |
June 87– Aug 87 | Voluntary work at the Cercle de Recherches pédagogiques, St. Brès, France |
Mar 89 – Mar 95 | Research assistance at the Department of Geology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
Feb 91/Aug 91 | Traineeship Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Germany: life-cycles of phytoplankton |
Dec 96 – Feb 97 |
Traineeship Gustav Fischer Publishing House Jena, Germany |
Apr 97 – June 97 |
Traineeship PR office of the Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Regional Development of Brandenburg, Germany |
Professional Experience | |
July 97 – May 99 | Freelance Work as a scientific journalist |
July 98 – May 99 |
Employment in the Public Relations Office of Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte Berlin (astronomical observatory) |
Nov 02 – Oct 03 |
Visiting Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, England |
June 99 – now |
Public Relations Manager/Artistic Director at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) |
Leisure Interests | |
Poetry, nature & science | |