Academic positions and employment

• 2018: Associate Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland
• 2012-2018: Assistant Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland
• 2010-2012: Lecturer and research group leader, University of Bern, Switzerland
• 2008-2010: Researcher and lecturer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• 2003-2008: Post-doctoral researcher, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• 2002-2003: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Bern, Switzerland
• 2001-2002: Post-doctoral fellow, Botanical Institute and Zoological Museum, Bergen, Norway
• 1997-2001: PhD position, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

Academic achievements, fellowships and awards

• 2018: Outstanding Service Award, International Paleolimnology Association (IPA)
• 2018: Venia docendi (Habilitation), University of Bern
• 2009: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Independent Researcher Grant
• 2001: Fellowship for Prospective Researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation
• 2001: PhD, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern

Research community service (selection)

• 2013-2022: Steering committee member (Präsidium), Platform Biology, Swiss Academy of Sciences
• 2008-2022: Associate editor, Journal of Paleolimnology
• 2011-2014: Steering committee member, Swiss Society for Quaternary Research
• 2011-2014: Board member, Young Academy of Europe (YAE) (http://yacadeuro.org)
• 2011-2014: Swiss national representative and management committee member, COST Action ES0907 INTegrating Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records - 60,000 to 8000 years ago (INTIMATE)