• Since 2018: Researcher at the Landscape Management group, University of Potsdam
• 2013-2018: PhD at the Landscape Management group, University of Potsdam: "Assessing, testing, and implementing socio-cultural valuation methods to operationalise ecosystem services in land use management"
• 2013-2014: Short Term Scientific Mission at Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• 2012-2013: Assistant at Planungsgemeinschaft, with a focus on environmental planning
• 2005-2011: Undergraduate studies in Landscape Planning at TU Berlin, Diplomarbeit: "Zukunftsfähigkeit der Berliner Wasserversorgung – eine indikatorengestützte Bewertung anhand ökologischer, ökonomischer und sozialer Kriterien"

Walz, A., K. Schmidt, A. Ruiz-Frau, K.A. Nicholas, A. de Vries Lentsch, A. Bierry, A. Dyankov, D. Joyce, I. Rosario, and S. Scholte. 2019. Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: Mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe. Regional Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01506-7 

Schmidt, K., Martín-López, B., Phillips, P. M., Julius, E., Makan, N. & A. Walz. 2019. Key landscape features in the provision of ecosystem services: Insights for management. Land Use Policy 82:353-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.12.022

Schmidt, K., Walz, A., Martín-López, B. & R. Sachse. 2017. Testing socio-cultural valuation methods of ecosystem services to explain land use preferences. Ecosystem Services 26:270-288. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.001

Schmidt, K., Jones, I., Metzger, M., & A. Walz. 2016. The Socio-cultural Value of Upland Regions in the Vicinity of of Cities in Comparison With Urban Green Spaces. Mountain Research and Development Journal 36.4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00044.1

Schmidt, K., Walz, A., & R. Sachse. 2016. Current role of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments. Landscape and Urban Planning 149, 49-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.005

Opdam, P., Albert, C., Fürst, C., Grêt-Regamey, A., Kleemann, J., Parker, D., La Rosa, D., Schmidt, K., Villamor, G.B., and A. Walz. 2015. Ecosystem services for connecting actors–lessons from a symposium. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/cass-2015-0001