Study of chemistry at the University of Dortmund und at University College
London (UCL)
PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Technical University Munich (TUM)
Post-Doc at Environment Institute of Joint Research Centre Ispra
(1993/94)
Habilitation and Private Lecturer for Analytical Chemistry at TU Munich
(2001)
Appointment to C4 professorship in Analytical Chemistry at the
University of Leipzig (2003)
Head of department 1 Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials at BAM
(2004) and
C4(S) professorship for Instrumental Analytical Chemistry at Humboldt
University Berlin
Research interests
Analytical chemistry with focus on spectro-chemical analysis
Laser spectroscopy, in particular Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
(LIBS) and fluorescence spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy and photo thermal methods
Process analysis und chemometry
Honory positions
Chairman of Joint Initiative of Non-University Research Institutions in
Adlershof (IGAFA)
Chairman of Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Angewandte Spektroskopie
(DASP)
Chairman of working group Process Analysis in the German Chemical
Society (GDCh)
Awards
Grants
from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
from Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
from Marie Curie Programme
Award from section "Analytics" of GDCh (1997)
Adolf-Martens-Award for Analytical Chemistry (2001)
Fresenius Award of GDCh, the German Chemical Society (2009)
