Curriculum vitae

• since 2021: Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics at the Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen and
  in the EU-Projekt HORIZON2020 MEET (partly at the Universitätsenergie Göttingen GmbH)
  
  
• 2019 to 2020: Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics at the Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen and
  Facility Management of the University of Göttingen as well as in the EU-Projekt HORIZON2020 MEET (partly at the Universitätsenergie Göttingen GmbH)
  
  
• 2015 to 2018: 50% of the position as Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics at the Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen and
  50% of the position as Scientist at the Facility Management of the University of Göttingen to explore the geothermal energy potiential for the heat energy supplying of the campus



• 2002: Hermann-Credner Award of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft



• May/June 2001: Invited Visiting Professor (teaching and research) at the, Le Mans. Laboratoires de Physique de l'Etat Condensé (Prof. D. Chateigner) and Laboratoire Géodynamique des Rifts et des Marges Passives (Prof. L. Geoffroy)
  
  
  


• since 2000: Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Structural Geology and Geodynamics at the Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen
  
  
  


• 1997-2000: Associate Research Scientist at the Institute for Geology and Dynamics of the Lithosphere, University of Göttingen
  
  
  


• 1995-1996: Postdoctoral fellow of the DFG (German Research Fund) at the
  
  -- Geology and Geophysics Department University of California, Berkeley and the
  
  -- Department of Physics The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
  
  
  


• 1994: Ph.D. in Geology from the Institute of Geology and Dynamics of the Lithosphere, University of Göttingen
  
  
  


• 1992-1994: Research Associate at the Institute of Geology and Dynamics of the Lithosphere, University of Göttingen
  
  field work in Namibia and measuring visits at the Frank Laboratory for Neutron Physics (LNF), Russia
  
  
  


• 1991: Research Assosciate at the Frank Laboratory for Neutron Physics (LNF) in Dubna/Russia
  
  
  


• 1990: Diploma in Geology/Paleontology from the Institute of Geology and Dynamics of the Lithosphere, University of Göttingen
  
  
  


• 1988: Mapping project at the Southwestern Margin of the Damara Orogen in Namibia
  
  
  


• 1986: "Vordiplom" in Geology/Paleontology from the Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, University of Würzburg
  

  
  Memberships
  
  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (DGG) since 1986

  
  Professional Organization of German Geosciences (since 1987)
  
  - Member of the advisory board 'Universities and Research Facilities" (since 2002)
  - Foundation of the committee 'Universities and Research Facilities" in 2003
  - Member of the project managment group 'Mentoring'
  
  American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1995
  
  Geologische Vereinigung (GV) since 2001
  
  Geological Society of America (GSA) 2001-2009
  
  Verein der Freunde der Geowissenschaften der Universität Göttingen e.V. since 2009
  
  - member of the management board (since 2009)