curriculum vitae

June 14,1962

born in Nideggen-Brück (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Aug. 1968 - June 1972

primary school in Untermaubach and Obermaubach (county Kreuzau, North Rhine-Westphalia)

Aug. 1972 - June 1981

secondary school Gymnasium am Wirteltor (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia). Examination qualifying for university entrance June 11, 1981

Oct. 1, 1981 - Dec. 31, 1982

compulsory military service (Ulmen and Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia)

April 11, 1983 - March 31, 1989

student of physics at the Rheinisch-Westfälisch Technische Hochschule in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle, North Rhine-Westphalia). Diploma on Dec. 21, 1988.

May 1, 1989 - April 30, 1992

junior scientist in the Research Centre Karlsruhe "Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe", Central Department For Real Time Data Processing And Electronics "Hauptabteilung Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik" ( Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

May 1, 1992 - April 30, 1995

PhD student in the Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research "Institut für Ionenstrahlphysik und Materialforschung" of the Research Centre Rossendorf "Forschungszentrum Rossendorf" ( Dresden, Saxony, Germany)

May 1, 1995 - July 30, 1995

occupation on the basis of a contract for work and labour in the Research Centre Rossendorf

Aug. 1, 1995 - Oct. 14, 1995

unemployed

Feb. 2, 1996

Doctor of Natural Sciences by the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Technology in Dresden (Saxony, Germany)

Oct. 15, 1995 - Oct. 14, 1998

postdoctoral associate with John Sabin and Samuel Trickey, Quantum Theory Project (Departments of Physics and Chemistry), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Oct. 15, 1998 - Nov. 11, 1998

Volunteer in the Quantum Theory Project

Nov. 17, 1998 - Jan 31, 1999

unemployed

Feb. 1, 1999 - Jan. 31, 2004

Software Engineer for the MIDI/VLTI project at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg (Germany)

Feb. 16, 2001

Certification as a European Physicist (EurPhys) by the EPS Professional Qualifications Committee.

Feb. 1, 2004 - May 31, 2004

unemployed

June 1, 2004 - August 31, 2008

PostDoc working for the PRIMA/VLTI project at the Sterrewacht (Observatory) of the University Leiden in Leiden (The Netherlands)

Sep. 1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2012

jobless, with a Guest status at the University Leiden

Sep. 1, 2012 - today

Software engineer at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg (Germany)

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