Study of chemistry at the Humboldt University Berlin (1967-1972)
Promotion A (Dr. rer. nat. = PhD) at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR
(1974/75)
Promotion B (Dr. sc. nat. = postdoctoral lecture qualification) (1981/82)
New post-doctoral lecture qualification including venia legendi polymer
chemistry at the Technical University Merseburg (1991)
Deputy chief of the division Polymer Composites in the Academy of Sciences
of the GDR (1975)
Head of the division Analysis and Characterisation of Polymers at BAM
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (1995)
Head of the division Polymer Surfaces at BAM (2006)
Appointed as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Berlin
(2007)
Research interests
Analysis of polymers and polymer surfaces
Modification of polymer surfaces
Adhesion and interface chemistry
Polymer degradation and ageing
Honorary positions
Head of technical committee on plasma and polymers (Plasma Germany)
Curatorship of the DKI Darmstadt (Deutsches Kunststoffinstitut
Darmstadt)
Awards
Gold medal of MMM (GDR), Leipzig (1976)
First Awards of the Central Institute for Organic Chemistry associated to
the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1977 and 1980)
