Regional Director, CABI E-CH and Head of Integrated Crop Management and Arthropod Biological Control. Diploma (Diplom Biologe), PhD (Doktor der Naturwissenschaften). Areas of expertise: Development and management of international development cooperation and research projects. Integrated crop management and sustainable agriculture. Biological control and IPM of agricultural insect pests in temperate and tropical regions. Consultancy in the field of sustainable agriculture in numerous countries (Canada, USA, Kazakhstan, PR China, Hungary, DPR Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, Albania, Kosovo and St. Helena). Supervision of PhD, MSc and summer students.