Personal data
Born: November 3, 1955, in Gera (Germany). Married since 1978, 3 children, German citizen.
Education and positions held
1976-81 Undergraduate Student, Physics, University of Jena
1981-84 Graduate student, Physics, University of Jena
Title of thesis: Current-voltage characteristics of Josephson junctions (summa cum laude)
1984-85 Research Assistant at Physics Department, University of Jena
1985-88 Research Assistant at Institute of Physics of the Earth, Academy of Sciences, Potsdam
1988-91 Research Assistant at High Pressure Research Center, Academy of Sciences, Potsdam
1992 Research Associate at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1992-96 Head of Projectgroup Thermodynamics, University of Potsdam
1997 Habilitation in Geophysics, University of Potsdam
Title of thesis: Non-linear structure formation in Geophysics as a result of
high-pressure mineral phase transformations
since 1997 Head of Projectgroup Thermodynamics, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Further professional activities
1992 Member of the Center of Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Potsdam
since 1998 Lecturer at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam