Biography

1984-1989: Study of Chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig; Diploma Thesis (Advisor: Prof. Dr. H.K. Cammenga) on Thermal Analysis, Investigation of Solid State Reactions of Silver Complexes and Naphthalene-trans-Azobenzene Mixtures

1989-1992: PhD Thesis (TU Braunschweig; Advisor: Prof. Dr. H.K. Cammenga) on Investigation of Solid State Reactions and Solid-Solid Phase Transformations with Time- and Temperature-Resolved X-Ray Powder Diffractometry.

08.05.1992: Graduation to PhD

1993: Postdoctoral Studies at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, with Prof. Dr. J. C. Berg on Secondary Fiber Recovery from Wastepaper by Flotation Processes. Surface Chemical Investigations.

1994-1997: Postdoctoral Studies ("Habilitation") at the Department of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg, with Prof. Dr. A. Reller

1995, 1996: Postdoctoral Studies at the Royal Institution, London, and at the synchrotron source at Daresbury with Prof. Dr. Sir J. M. Thomas

08.12.1997: Habilitation in "Solid State Chemistry" at the University of Hamburg

10.06.1998: Privatdozent ("Lecturer") for Inorganic Chemistry

May to December 1998: Guest Professor for Solid State Chemistry at the University of Augsburg

01.04.2000-30.09.2003: Associate Professor (C3) of Inorganic Chemistry at the Ruhr-University of Bochum

since 01.10.2003: Full Professor (C4; Chair of Inorganic Chemistry) at the University of Duisburg-Essen