Projects (involved as freelancer since 3/2021) 

Biodiversity project “The Thick-Shelled River Mussel in Traunstein” (Client: Government of Upper Bavaria; focus: eDNA, monitoring, support of river restoration measures)

eDNA metabarcoding study (fish, dragonflies, and amphibians) in three Berlin water bodies (Client: Berlin Fisheries Authority and Berlin Supreme Nature Conservation Authority)

Species identification of eels using PCR and Sanger sequencing/RFLP (Client: Institute for Inland Fisheries Potsdam e.V.)

Aquatic ecological saprobity assessment of the Lechnergraben, Tuntenhausen (Client: Municipality of Tuntenhausen)

Habitats Directive (FFH) assessment for the protected species Bullhead (Cottus gobio) in the Kemather Ache (Client: Municipality of Babensham)

Macrozoobenthos monitoring in Lake Kochel (Client: H2 environmental consultancy on behalf of the Bavarian Environment Agency)

Limnological investigations and development of an improvement concept for the Künettegraben, Ingolstadt (Client: Ingolstadt Water Management Authority)

Environmental DNA analyses to identify occurrences of the Thick-Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus) in Rottal-Inn County (Client: Nature Conservation Association of Germany – Bund Naturschutz)

Genetic analyses of otter scats (genotyping) (Client: Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture)

Fish population surveys and fish habitat mapping in the Altmühl River (Client: Onube GmbH)

Fish population surveys in the Leitzach River (Client: Marcel Dittrich Foundation, Munich)

Molecular genetic species identification of trout (Client: Swiss Fish Farm, Metz)

Environmental DNA analyses to identify occurrences of the Thick-Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus) in Ebersberg County (Client: Ebersberg Landscape Conservation Association)

Environmental DNA analyses to identify occurrences of the Thick-Shelled River Mussel (Unio crassus) in the Amper River (Client: Government of Upper Bavaria)

Environmental DNA analyses to identify occurrences of the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in Berlin water bodies (Client: Berlin Fisheries Authority)

Margaritifera Restoration Alliance (Mara)
(Funded by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and Federal Agency for Nature Conservation; Client: Technical University of Munich)

Life Connexions (Life19 Nat/Be/000093)
(Funded by: European Union; Region: Belgium; Client: Service public de Wallonie)

Life Vallées Ardennaises (Life19 Nat/Be/000054)
(Funded by: European Union; Region: Belgium; Client: Service public de Wallonie)

Eurasian otter project (Client: Bavarian Regional Fisheries Association; focus: genotyping of individuals and prey species identification via metabarcoding of otter scats)

Mussel mapping in the Schwarzgraben near Mühldorf (Client: Aquatic Ecology Office, Bavaria)

Species identification of glass eels using PCR and Sanger sequencing (Client: Berlin Fisheries Authority)

Detection of mussel DNA in otter scats (Client: Bavarian Landscape Architecture Office)

Macrozoobenthos monitoring in Munich (Client: City of Munich, Department of Climate and Environmental Protection)

Mapping of aquatic invertebrates in the Burger Moos bog (Client: Bavarian Landscape Architecture Office)

Fish ecological habitat analysis of the Schinderbach River (Client: Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management)

Fish population monitoring at the Eixendorf II hydroelectric power plant (Client: Bavarian State Power Plants Ltd.)

Specialist report “Fish” (Management plan for the Habitats Directive sites “Grasleitner Moorlandschaft”, “Murnauer Moos” and “Ampermoos”) (Client: District Administration, Fisheries Advisory Service, Bavaria)