Speaker of the transformation experiment TEACHING4SUSTAINABILITY- Networking and support for stakeholders and interested parties in the field of Higher education for sustainable development (HESD) from all status groups- Supporting the University of Würzburg in > Transferring sustainability knowledge to society > Meeting the needs of students with regard to sustainable university education > Implementing the legal requirements and voluntary commitments made concerning HESD.RESEARCH FOCUSBiology of plant surfaces with special regard to the interactions of plants with their abiotic and biotic environment.Current projects:• Chemical composition and molecular structure of the cuticular transport barrier;• Genetics and biosynthesis of plant cuticular waxes;• Mechanisms of uptake of organic compounds across plant surfaces;• Ecophysiology of cuticular transpiration;• Mechanisms and optimisation of the uptake of plant protection agents into aerial parts of plants;• Cuticular signals between leaf surfaces and microbes (fungi, bacteria)• Cuticular properties in postharvest science