I am a marine bio-geologist at the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). At the moment I am project manager for the exploration of manganese nodules in the German contract area in the CCZ, with a strong personal focus on the collection of adequate environmental baseline data as well as the analysis of potential impacts of Mn-nodule exploitation on faunal communities and ecosystems (e.g., due to nodule removal, sediment plume dispersion and settling). Before working in the marine minerals sector, I worked on topics related to Quaternary geology/palaeoclimatology in the North Sea and the Atlantic.