Curriculum Vitae

Education

Habilitation Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, 1995
Title: "Rigid rod-like polymers with flexible, mesogenic or photochromic side chains"

Ph.D. Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, 1990
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M.L. Hallensleben
Title: "Photochromic Poly(glutaminic acid ester)s – Synthesis and investigations of photoinduced changes in their properties"

Diploma, Chemistry, Technical University Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 1986
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. P. Zugenmaier
Title: "Temperature and time dependent X-ray investigations of the phase behavior of liquid crystalline side chain polymers"

Professional Experience

Professor, Institute of Technical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, since 08/2001

Außerplanmässiger (extraordinary) Professor, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 05/2001 – 08/2001

Privatdozent, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 11/1995 – 05/2001

Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA, 03/1997 – 02/1998
with Prof. C.E. Evans

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 08/1990 – 11/1995

Honors

Fulbright Fellowship, 1997 – 1998

Further activities

Chairman of Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Ortsgruppe Braunschweig (German Chemical Society, Braunschweig section), 2002 – 2003

Managing board "Franz-Patat-Zentrum", Scientific forum for interdisciplinary polymer research, Braunschweig, since 2002

Advisory board "Wissens- und Innovationsnetzwerk Polymertechnik" (Knowledge- and innovation network polymer technology), Wolfsburg, since 2002