Dr. Simone Langhans is a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Dr. Sonja Jähnig at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, Germany. Simone was trained as a freshwater ecologist by ETH Zürich and Eawag in Switzerland and has additional experience in river rehabilitation, decision support theory and conservation planning. In her research she combines these topics to investigate alternative ways of solving complex environmental decision problems with a focus on freshwater management.