Curriculum Vitae
Scientific education:
| 1972 - 1976 | Studied chemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin Topic of the Diplom thesis: "Energetic balancing of a combustion chamber process using the example of phosphorus oxidation", supervised by Prof. D. Heinz
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| 1979 - 1981 | Doctorate at the Georg August University in Göttingen Topic of the doctoral thesis: "Cultivation of single crystals of new oxides and hydroxides of phosphorus and arsenic", supervised by Prof. E. Schwarzmann
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| 1991 | Habilitation in the Department of Technical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Oldenburg - obtaining the venia legendi Topic of the habilitation thesis: "On the methodology of determining kinetic data of three-phase reactions"
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| 1999 | Awarded the title of "Associate Professor" |
Previous activities:
| 1971 - 1972 | Laboratory assistant at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin |
| 1976 - 1978 | Research assistant at the Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 1979 - 1982 | Research assistant at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the Georg August University in Göttingen |
| 1982 - 1991 | Research assistant at the University of Oldenburg (since 1985 - lecturer in technical chemistry) |
| Since 1991 | Lecturer with employee status at the University of Oldenburg |
Other activities:
Feb. 1993 - Feb. 1994 one-year employment at Solvay Umweltchemie GmbH in Hanover
Work on catalyst development using a new type of aluminium oxide carrier material; transfer of these test specifications to technical scale (at the Nienburg plant of Solvay Deutschland GmbH); construction of continuously operating pressure apparatus for pilot scale; advice on carrying out pilot tests on catalytic nitrate removal from well water.
Outside the University of Oldenburg:
- Lecturer at the DECHEMA course "Technical Chemistry I" at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Leipzig.
- Winter semester 2004/05: Representation of a C3 professorship for technical chemistry with a focus on reaction engineering at the University of Leibzig.
- Committee activities:
Member of the Faculty Council of the Department of Chemistry ( 1989 - 1991 )
Member of the Council of the University of Oldenburg (1994 - 2002 )
Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Oldenburg(1996 - 2002 )
Dean of Studies of the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oldenburg (since 2003/2004 )