Physicists at the university carried out laser optical analyses on fragments of approximately 2000-year-old Chinese clay warrior figurines. The figurines, which date back to the beginning of the first century BC, are burial objects for the first Chinese emperor. The find, known as the "Terracotta Army", has been the greatest archaeological sensation of this century since its discovery in 1974: the clay warrior army of the first emperor consists of more than 7000 life-size clay soldiers, 600 horses and, formerly, 100 wooden chariots.

However, the excavation is accompanied by dramatic developments. The generously painted figures, which have been stored in damp loess soil for 2000 years, dry out as soon as they are uncovered, the unique and irretrievable historical layers of colour roll up and often peel away from the ground within minutes.

In a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF), scientists from the university's Applied Optics working group are researching ways of preserving this archaeological feature in co-operation with the Museum of the Terracotta Army in Lintong (China). The project is headed by Oldenburg physicist Dr Gerd Gülker. The aim of the joint efforts is to preserve the endangered layers of colour and protect them from drying out.

The investigations are largely carried out under artificial, very humid weathering conditions. The laser-supported holographic measuring method registers the smallest changes and movements in the paint layers of less than a thousandth of a millimetre, long before visible and permanent damage occurs. Innovative and specially developed preservatives and technologies, which are designed to prevent the colours from rolling up and peeling off, can thus be tested very quickly for their effectiveness and durability.

Computer scientist Dr Michael Sampels has developed a method that could revolutionise the current construction methods of high-performance computers by improving the networking of individual processors in his doctoral thesis at the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg. In his work with the title "Algebraic construction of connection networks", which he admits is rather daunting at first glance, the 29-year-old scientist describes computer architectures that are far superior to those used to date. The practical significance of Sampels' findings is based on the fact that the performance of a modern high-performance computer is heavily dependent on the way in which its processors are networked, i.e. the interconnection network.

Parallel computers, such as those used for weather forecasting, do not work like PCs with one processor, but with up to 30,000 processors in parallel, which share the computing work and therefore have to communicate with each other. To ensure that every processor can communicate with every other processor, they are connected via a network.

Sampels has succeeded in developing a new approach for the construction of such processor networks. He combines a mathematical representation method of graph theory for the networks used, so-called Cayley graphs, with an optimisation method based on the theory of evolution, the "genetic algorithms". According to Darwin, the principle of "survival of the fittest" means that a species adapts better and better to its environmental conditions over the course of generations. Sampels uses this principle to optimise his Cayley graphs and thus his networks: he begins with a random starting "population" of graphs, combines these graphs with each other so that a new graph "generation" is created, and selects the best of these. He uses these as the new starting population and repeats the process until no further improvements are made. It also uses "mutations", random changes, to create new graphs. The quality criteria for the selection of the best graphs are improved communication properties of the corresponding networks.

A working group in Los Alamos (USA) has already taken up Sampels' ideas and is currently trialling them in a hardware experiment. However, results are still pending. Sampels is also continuing to work on the topic, although since completing his doctorate he has no longer been at the University of Oldenburg, but at the University of Essen, where he works as an assistant in the Department of Computing Science. Sampels studied mathematics and Computing Science at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen and then completed his doctorate with honours in Oldenburg in the Department of Programming Languages and Systems at the Faculty of Computing Science under Prof. Dr Michael Sonnenschein. Samples sees his academic appointment in the scientific field. In November 1999, he was honoured with the Gerhard Wachsmann Prize of the Oldenburg University Society.

The water in the Mediterranean was not always as oxygenated as it is today. In the past, it was even poisoned by hydrogen sulphide (H2S) at times. Geoscientists from Utrecht University (Netherlands), the Netherlands Institute for Oceanography on Texel (NIOZ) and the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg report on this in the international scientific journal "Nature". They found evidence of the poisoning by means of geochemical analyses of two to three million year old sediments from the Pliocene. The German side was represented by geochemist Dr Michael E. Böttcher (Biogeochemistry working group headed by Prof Dr Hans-Jürgen Brumsack).

Due to extreme climate changes, very dark sediment layers have been formed in the eastern Mediterranean about every 20,000 years over the past millions of years. These layers ("sapropels"; Greek for sludge) contain a lot of dead organic material. Sapropels formed during humid climatic periods, which were associated with a significant increase in freshwater and nutrient inflows into the Mediterranean. This allows algae to grow faster. At the same time, water circulation decreased. After the organisms died, the organic material was subject to decomposition, so that oxygen was consumed and hydrogen sulphide was formed.

The geoscientists have now discovered that hydrogen sulphide probably reached the surface of the two to three kilometre deep sea. They found chemical fossils of green sulphur bacteria in the Pliocene sapropels. As these bacteria need both light and H2S to live, they indicate the presence of hydrogen sulphide near the sea surface. Levels of iron disulphide (pyrite) and trace elements were also found, showing that the entire water column was poisoned by H2S. Model calculations show that in the eastern Mediterranean the oxygen could be consumed by eutrophication of the sea without any change in the current patterns. These conclusions open up completely new perspectives for the interpretation of the palaeoenvironment, as it was previously assumed that sapropels could only be formed under stagnant conditions.

And they are coming after all! After years of back and forth, the state government's Ministry of Science has agreed to fill the engineering professorships for measurement and control technology. The necessary equipment has also been secured. The two professorships are estimated to cost around one million marks a year. They will be based at the KISUM Institute (Complex Integrated Systems and Microsensor Technology), an institution of the Departments of Physics and Computing Science.

The decision in favour of the two professorships is not only of extraordinary importance for the development of the university, but also for the region, which is hoping for new impulses for the economy in general and for start-ups in particular.

The physicist Prof. Dr Volker Mellert (photo) believes that not only the establishment of the KISUM Institute is secure, but also the already planned Master's degree programme in "Technical Physics", which promises very good career prospects for its graduates due to its application orientation. In addition, the new professorships will also be involved in the English-language Master's degree programmes taught in English in "Physics Engineering", which was launched in the winter semester of 98/99 and is jointly supported by the University and the Ostfriesland University of Applied Sciences.

The Bertelsmann Foundation, the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation and the Ludwig Erhard Foundation, in co-operation with the Ministry of Education of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, have commissioned the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg to develop and implement the "Economics in Schools" pilot project. The aim is to develop a target and content concept for economics in the subject of social sciences for the upper secondary level of six experimental schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, which will then be trialled at these schools over the next few years. Components include teaching modules, a media concept and qualification measures for the teachers at the participating schools. The project is headed by Prof Dr Hans Kaminski from the Institute for Economics Education. It is currently the most comprehensive educational project in the field of Economics Education in the general school system in Germany.

In the winter semester 98/99, the university considerably expanded its range of subjects and broke new ground. The "Product Technology" chemistry degree programme is run jointly with the University of Groningen and is designed to enable graduates to develop their products in a market-oriented manner. The "Master of Science Engineering Physics" degree programme, which was developed jointly with the Ostfriesland University of Applied Sciences and is aimed at both foreign and German students, is also application-oriented. The degree programme offers Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. After the foundation course, specialisations are offered in Laser Technology, Biomedical Technology and Sound & Vibration. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) sees it as a particularly exemplary project to make Germany attractive to international students.

Also new is the interdisciplinary Master's degree programme "Dutch Studies", which includes the subjects of Economics, Law, History, Politics and Sociology in addition to Linguistics and Literature. At least two semesters must be completed in Groningen, plus an internship in business.

Two new specialisations, "Economics with an ecological focus" and "Computing Science", are offered in Economics. Conversely, Computing Science offers its students "Business Informatics". The prerequisite for this was the establishment of an endowed professorship financed by EWE, the Oldenburgische Landesbank and the Wirtschaftliche Vereinigung/Kleiner Kreis.

The decline in student numbers over the last four years was halted in the winter semester 98/99. As in the previous year, the total number of students is just under 12,200. The decline was in line with a nationwide trend, which is attributed to demographic developments on the one hand and to the fact that more and more high school graduates prefer academic appointments to university studies on the other. In addition, thousands of applicants have to be turned away every year as scarce resources force the university to limit places.

A reduction in the number of departments has been under discussion at the university for two years. The Presidential Board has now presented an initial concrete draft. According to this, there will only be five instead of eleven departments in the future, including some central institutions: FB 1 Education and Health, FB 2 Cultural Studies, FB 3 Economics and Social Sciences, FB 4 Computing Science, Mathematics, Physics, Technology, FB 5 Bio-, Geo- and Environmental Sciences.

The Presidential Board sees its proposal as a concept that can be discussed and is open to suggestions for change. However, it does not see any possibility of retaining the current structure. Larger departments are essential for the future of the university in order to be able to work more effectively and flexibly. The structural changes should take place as soon as possible. President Prof Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch would like the University Senate to pass a resolution on this before the end of the summer semester. He expects great advantages from the new organisation: a reduction in the number of committees (fewer departmental councils, doctoral and habilitation committees), better conditions for interdisciplinary research and teaching, more professional administration of the then larger units.

The plans of Lower Saxony's Science Minister Thomas Oppermann (SPD) to transfer teacher training to universities of applied sciences, with the exception of the grammar school branch, have been met with complete incomprehension at the University of Oldenburg. In the past, it was the SPD that had propagated scientific teacher training, said University President Prof Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch in a statement. On their initiative, scientifically based models of linking theory and practice had been successfully trialled, for example in single-phase teacher training. Grubitzsch: "It makes no sense if the capacities in the field of teacher training created at universities at considerable scientific, financial and political expense are relocated elsewhere, again at considerable expense and effort." Grubitzsch agrees with the German Rectors' Conference, which has clearly spoken out in favour of retaining teacher training at universities.

"arte" at the physics department

For four days, a television team from the German-French channel arte visited the History of Science working group at the University's Department of Physics. Recordings were made for a five-part series of six-minute programmes on the history of the development of physical experiments.

Praise for sports facilities

The members of the Sports Facilities Working Group of the Conference of Sports Officers of all Federal States were impressed by the University's model sports facilities. Ministerial Councillor Hermann Brinkmann from the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior explained that even today, almost 20 years after their construction, the university's sports facilities are still forward-looking in many respects. A research report by the Federal Environment Agency emphasised that the sports facilities were "in many respects an exemplary way of putting future-oriented ideas into practice".

Honorary doctorate for Peter von Oertzen

The political scientist Prof. Dr Peter von Oertzen (right) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Faculty 3 Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg. The dean of the department, Prof. Dr Rüdiger Meyenberg (left), explained that the department was particularly keen to honour his great commitment to the application of democratic principles in education and the expansion of civic participation in Germany.

Extension for physics club

In Wechloy, work began in December 1998 on the extension of a three-storey building which will be available to the Energy and Semiconductor Research Group headed by Prof Dr Jürgen Parisi. In addition to 12 office workrooms for various scientists, two specialised laboratories for semiconductor research will be created in the extension.

Doctoral centre

Faculty 1 Education has set up a Doctoral Centre (DOZ) to promote young scientists. The Institute for Special Education, Prevention and Rehabilitation is responsible for the DOZ. The centre was initiated by Prof. Dr Walter Thimm, who was elected Chairman of the Board.

Oldest doctoral candidate

Seventy-nine-year-old Herbert Sievers is the oldest doctoral candidate at the University of Oldenburg to successfully complete his doctoral thesis in the Department of Social Sciences. In his dissertation, Sievers focussed on the "Global budget pilot project in Lower Saxony - opportunities and risks".

Announcements of the University Society

Technology Centre?

The University Society continues to strive for the establishment of a technology centre and hopes that its realisation can finally be considered this year. The Society's Chair, Peter Waskönig, sees the Bremen model as a role model. There, the centre has created 1000 jobs within 10 years. Bremen's successful model is also a challenge for the north-west region. In this respect, he sees a good chance that the talks with the university, the city and the state will lead to positive results.

1000 in the year 2000?

President Prof Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch would like to see the number of members of the University Society rise to 1000 by the year 2000. According to Grubitzsch, the University Society is the most important bridge between the university and the region. The university needs the support of the region just as urgently as the region is dependent on the university for its own economic and cultural development.

Uni Ball on 3 July

For the second time, a University Ball will be held in the Weser-Ems-Halle with the support of the University Society. Date: 3 July 1999, 20.00 hrs. It is organised by a team of students from Faculty 4 Law and Economics, who already organised this ball last year with great success. To book tickets in advance, please call 0441/8852893 or e-mail:Johannes. Falck@uol.de

Medal for Günter König

Dr Günter König, former deputy managing director of the Oldenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce and long-time secretary on the board of the University Society, has been awarded the University Medal for his services to the University of Oldenburg. The medal was presented to him by University President Prof Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch on the occasion of his retirement from the IHK.

Visit to Carl Müller GmbH

As part of the "University and Business" series of events organised by the University Society, a tour of the Carl Müller GmbH & Co KG (Rügenwalder sausage factory) in Bad Zwischenahn will take place on 15 September. Contact: Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg e.V., Postfach 4901, 26039 Oldenburg, phone: 0441/798-2463 or 0441/882085 (Renate Koopmann).

Academic appointments WS 98/99

Prof. Dr Rüdiger Beckhaus has been appointed to a professorship for Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry. After completing his studies and doctorate at the Leuna-Merseburg Technical University, Beckhaus habilitated in 1991 with the topic "On the chemistry of venyl compounds of electron-poor transition metals". As a Humboldt and Heisenberg scholarship holder, Beckhaus carried out research at various universities in Germany and at the California Institute of Technology (USA). In 1998, he received the Carl Duisberg Memorial Award from the German Chemical Society and the Karl Ziegler Foundation's Sponsorship Award. His research interests lie in particular in the organometallic chemistry of early transition metals. Investigations in this field serve to develop new methods of environmentally friendly technologies in the area of new materials.

Prof Dr Annegret Habel has accepted the professorship for Theoretical Computing Science at the Department 10 of Computing Science. Habel studied Mathematics as well as Computing Science and Physics at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin. She then worked as a research assistant at the TU Berlin and at the University of Bremen, where she gained her doctorate in 1989 with her thesis "Hyperedge Replacement: Grammers and Languages". Her doctoral thesis was honoured with the Bremen Study Prize as a "particularly outstanding scientific achievement". Before accepting an appointment at the University of Hildesheim in 1995, she held a professorship in Theoretical Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg in the winter semester of 1992/93. Habel's current research interests lie in the areas of formal languages, programming theory, in particular graph replacement systems, as well as specification and programming based on graph replacement.

Prof Dr Hanna Kiper has accepted a professorship for Theory and Practice of Secondary Education I at the Department of Education at the University of Oldenburg. She has been a university lecturer for school education and general didactics at the TU Braunschweig since 1994. Kiper studied to become a primary and secondary school teacher in Hanover and then worked as a language and primary school teacher. In 1987, she completed her doctorate at the University of Lüneburg with a thesis on everyday theories and interpretation patterns of Turkish children. From 1988 to 1994 she worked at the University of Bielefeld, where she habilitated in 1993, at the University of Frankfurt/M. and at the University of Essen.

Prof Dr Stephanie Teufel has been appointed to a chair in Information Systems at the Department of Computing Science. Teufel studied Computing Science at the Technical University of Berlin and then worked as a research assistant at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the University of Zurich. From 1989 to 1990, she worked at the University of Wollongong in Australia as part of a teaching and research stay. Following her doctorate at the University of Zurich in 1991 and teaching positions in Zurich and Kontanz, the computer scientist completed her habilitation at the University of Zurich last year with a thesis on "Secure Corporate Communications".

Prof. Dr Astrid Kaiser, university lecturer specialising in the didactics of subject teaching at the Institute of Educational Sciences 1 (Department of Education), has been appointed to a C4 professorship in Educational Sciences with a focus on primary school education at the University of Münster. Kaiser, who was appointed to Oldenburg in 1983, heads the Lower Saxony pilot project "Social integration in a primary school suitable for boys and girls" at the University of Oldenburg.

Prof. Dr. Udo Kamps, university lecturer specialising in the "Mathematisation of Economics" at the Department of Mathematics, has declined an offer of a C4 professorship for statistics at the Philipps University of Marburg. Kamps' research topics are stochastic modelling and mathematical statistics, including in quality control and actuarial mathematics. His particular research interest is in models of ordered random variables.

Prof. Dr Reto Weiler, neurobiologist at Department 7 Biology, has declined an offer of a professorship in animal physiology at the University of Kaiserslautern. Weiler conducts research primarily on neuronal interaction in the retina and is a major contributor to the special research centre "Neurocognition" set up by the German Research Foundation in 1996 in collaboration with the University of Bremen.

Dr Klaus Struve, disability and academic appointment with a focus on "Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled and Disadvantaged Young People and Adults" at Faculty 1 Pedagogy, has accepted a professorship for Academic Appointments in Vocational Education at the University of Hamburg. There he will represent the field of "Didactics of construction technology, wood and plastics technology, colour technology and interior design".

Doctorates 1998

Department 1 Pedagogy

Ralf Streicher, topic "The Education System in Ghana (1974-1984). A systemic approach to its possibilities and limitations"

Rüdiger Klane, topic "The irrational cry of the body in science" (1997)

Ulrich Voigt, topic "Empirical studies on the success of re-education of pupils with behavioural disorders"

Hans-Joachim Emmann, topic "The principle of 'open lessons' applied to school excursions in biology lessons. A case study on excursion didactics"

Christel Balli, topic "Quality of academic further education - analyses and instruments"

Mark Rothensee, topic "Aids and the unknown. The social construction of AIDS between exoticism and integrity. A study of educational materials in Germany, Thailand and the Philippines"

Peer Pasternak, topic "'Democratic Renewal'. A university history study of the East German university reorganisation 1989-1995"

Faculty 3 Social Sciences

Joachim Tautz, topic "On militaristic youth politics in the Weimar Republic"

Berndt Schlüter, topic "State, food supply and war. - The municipal war food economy in Bremen 1914 - 1918"

Anna Schmitz, topic "The relationship of the child to the non-custodial father"

Ingrid Jütting, topic "Opportunities and limits of extracurricular, ecological work with children and young people, including a project-oriented approach by the environmental protection organisation Greenpeace"

Heiko Walkenhorst, topic "European integration process and European identity: The political significance of a socio-psychological concept."

Cheng-Dar Yue, topic "Fundamentals and strategies of Taiwan in dealing with global warming"

Jost Lübben, topic "The Nordwestdeutsche Zeitung 1895-1933/45. A contribution to the development and political orientation of the Generalanzeiger press in Germany"

Herbert Sievers, topic "The 'global budget' pilot project in Lower Saxony - opportunities and risks"

Peer Hempel, topic "German-speaking physicists in old St. Petersburg. Georg Parrot, Emil Lenz and Moritz Jakobi in the context of science and politics"

Sabine Barnowski-Fecht, topic "The craftsmanship of the city of Oldenburg between future education and freedom of trade (1731-1861)"

Birgit Menzel, topic "Male violence against women. Definition of a social problem"

Department 4 Economics and Law

Claudia Kemfert, topic "Macroeconomic effects of environmental economic instruments - An analysis of substitution effects using selected economic models for Germany"

Markus Fiebig, topic "Franchising in the public sector - An alternative organisational model for increasing productivity in the public sector"

Michael G. Bolotow, topic "Energy economy and energy policy of the Russian Federation under planned economy conditions and in the phase of economic transformation with a focus on the electricity sector"

Frank Wyputta, topic "Financing options for rational energy utilisation and renewable energies"

Claus Diekel, topic "Press subsidies and press concentration"

Klaus Fichter, topic "Environmental communication and competitiveness - competition theories in the light of empirical results on environmental reporting by companies"

Thomas Grundmann, topic "Economically consistent energy scenarios for CO2 reduction"

Thorsten Jöhnk, topic "Financial innovations in interest rate management"

Dietmar Frommberger, topic "On the connection of academic appointments to the tertiary sector of the national education system. A contribution to vocational training research from a German-Dutch perspective"

Herbert Holzer, topic "PPS systems as a prerequisite for effective operational controlling"

Department 5 Philosophy, Psychology, Sports Science

Udo Merkel, topic "Sport development in an intercultural German-British comparison"

Nakeung Lee, topic "The temporal capacity of verbal short - term memory: An empirical study exploring the phonological loop by means of irrelevant speech effect"

Karin Eilers, topic "On the reliability and validity of heart rate and heart rate variability measures as indicators of mental stress during sustained attention tasks"

Department 6 Mathematics

Heidrun Ortleb, topic "Modelling problem-related statistical data using the example of spatio-temporal patterns of organism communities"

Department 7 Biology

Ali Askin, topic "Myotropic regulation in crustaceans. Isolation and characterisation of para-tyramine as an aminergic modulator from the intestinal tissue and nervous system of the shore crab Carcinuscmaenas"

Petra Lindenlaub, topic "Denitrifying bacteria from uncontaminated and organically contaminated Wadden Sea sediment"

Gholamhossein Ebrahimipour, topic "Denitrification potentials and characterisation of denitrifying communities in tidal flat sediments"

Anette Siese, topic "Regulation of the cellular immune response by interleukin-1ß and transforming growth factor-ß in the murine thymoma cell line EL4.NOB-1"

Peter Kilian Hennes, topic "Ecological significance of aquatic phage-host interactions"

Bernhard Schweitzer, topic "Structural and functional relationships of bacterial communities on Lake Snow"

Susanne Lehmann, topic "Investigations of seasonality of basal metabolic rate and food choice and their interaction in Sylviidae species with different migration behaviour"

Manfred Jekel, topic "Characterisation of the endonuclease I of Escherischia coli K-12 and application of the enzyme in a bacterial suicide system"

Volker Salewski, topic "Studies on the wintering ecology of Palaearctic songbirds in West Africa with special consideration of interactions with resident species"

Department 8 Physics

Frank Terjung, topic "Spectroscopic analysis of the adaptation mechanisms of leaves to increased light intensities"

Andreas Weichert, topic "Time series analysis of natural systems with neural networks and methods of statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics"

Martin Hansen, topic "Assessment and prediction of speech transmission quality with an auditoryprocessing model"

Abha Sood, topic "Non-Abelian Theories in Gravitational Fields"

Jesko Lars Verhey, topic "Psychoacoustics of spectro-temporal effects in masking and loudness perception"

Department 9 Chemistry

Peter Will, topic "Reactions of silylenes and a disilene with electron-poor 1,3-dienes: Formation of silaheterocycles and degradation of CF³ groups" (1997)

Hartmut Helms, topic "Electrochemical investigations on sulphur corrosion and sulphide oxidation"

Dagmar Röhm, topic "Selenium in sediments and marine organisms"

Ingo Hahn, topic "Systematic studies on the reactivity of tetrakis-[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]digallan(4)"

Ralph Joh, topic "Extension of the fields of application of the group contribution method Modified UNIFAC (Dortmund)

Artur Stilter, topic "Low-coordinated tin compounds: Stannylene transition metal complexes and attempts to form a tetrasilyldistannene"

Arnd Böning, topic "Development of a new method for the rapid gas chromatographic determination of the sum parameter 'hydrocarbons' in soil and other matrices"

Volker Brandl, topic "The electrosynthesis of conductive plastics: Production conditions and properties and An alternative to the model of bipolarons" (1997)

Harald Waden, topic "New nickel(II) complexes with nitrogen and sulphur ligands"

Kay Buchholz, topic "Investigations into the use of liquid-liquid countercurrent chromatography to solve process engineering tasks"

Artur Stilter, topic "Low-coordinated tin compounds: Stannylene transition complexes and experiments on the formation of a tetrasilyldistannene"

Stefan Willms, topic "Hexaarylte- trasilabuta-1,3-diene: preparation, properties, first reactions"

Detlev Walter, topic "Experiments on the recycling of high-quality cellulose fibres from the solid waste of the wastewater treatment of a large paper mill"

Shuangqing Wang, topic "Polar Lipids in Green River Oil Shale as Facies Indicators"

Katy Portheine, topic "Synthesis and characterisation of new heterometallic iron-sulphur clusters"

Viola Peper, topic "Synthesis of new phosphorus-containing chiralica from á-amino acids and active pharmaceutical ingredients and their application in stereoselective synthesis"

Tanja Becker, topic "Chitosan-based ion exchangers"

Sabine Schwaiger, topic "Investigations into electrochemically initiated disaccharide syntheses"

Jens Manikowski, topic "Contribution to the chemistry of imines: Synthesis and reactivity of N, X-heterocycles (X=N, S)"

Lars Kirmaier, topic "Reactions of silylenes and disilenes with some 1,3-dienes and 1,3-diynes"

Department 10 Computing Science

Michael Sampels, topic "Algebraic construction of efficient interconnection networks"

Olaf Zukunft, topic "Integration of mobile and active database mechanisms as a basis for location-independent transaction processing"

Ronald Herrmann, topic "Efficient symbolic model checking of real-time aspects for VHDL"

Lutz Köhler, topic "Fuzzy geometry and applications in medical image processing"

Helmut Lorek, topic "Computer tools to support the development and use of individual-oriented ecological models"

Michael Stadler, topic "Abstract computer network models as the basis for comprehensive automation of network management"

Juliane Vorndamme, topic "The impact of legal obligations on software development"

Clemens Otte, topic "Fuzzy prototype classifiers and their application for automatic feature selection"

Department 11 Literature and Linguistics

Alexej Baskakov, topic "From Realism to Modernity. The representation of the ancient Orient in Flaubert's 'Salammbô' and Thomas Mann's Josephstetralogy"

Habilitations 1998

Department 1 Pedagogy

Dr Irene Pütter, subject area "Educational Science"

Department 3 Social Sciences

Dr Dietmar von Reeken, subject area "Modern History and Didactics of History"

Dr Michael Garleff, subject area "Modern History"

Dr Andrea Schulte, subject area "Protestant Religious Education"

Dr Waltraud Cornelißen, subject area "Sociology with a focus on media research"

Department 5 Philosophy, Psychology, Sports Science

Dr Gunter Herzog, subject area "Psychology with a focus on psychology in healthcare"

Department 6 Mathematics

Dr Elke Wilkeit, subject area "Mathematics"

Department 7 Biology

Dr Wolfgang Schmidt, subject area "Botany"

Dr Peter Paul Jaros, subject area "Zoophysiology"

Department 8 Physics

Dr Uwe Ritschel, subject area "Theoretical Physics"

Department 9 Chemistry

Dr Alfred Flint, subject area "Didactics of Chemistry"

Department 10 Computing Science

Dr Hardi Hungar, subject area "Technical Computing Science"

Department 11 Literature and Linguistics

Dr Harro Zimmermann, subject area "Modern German Literature"

Dr Günther Thomé, subject area "German Didactics and Linguistics"