Active in planning, research and teaching in architecture, landscape architecture and urban development
Research topics: sustainable design and construction, building greening and its impact on cities and buildings, energy consumption, climate and quality of life
Member of the "Facade Greening" committee of the Research Society for Landscape Development and Landscaping (FLL)
Correspondent for biotope-city.net (International Journal for City as Nature)
Author of the guide Building Greening Energy, funded by the research initiative "Zukunft Bau" of the Federal Institute for Building, Urban, and Spatial Research
Author of the professional books Vertikale Begrünung (Eugen Ulmer Publishing), Green Facades (Detail), and Bauwerksbegrünung im Bestand (RM Rudolf Müller Medien GmbH & Co. KG)
