Born 1948 in Eimen (Lower Saxony)
University entrance qualification 1966
Military service 1967/68 (officer of the reserve 1972)
Study of chemistry at Bergakademie/Technical University Clausthal
Dr. rer. nat. in Physical Chemistry from University of Kaiserslautern
Post-Doc at École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris
(1981)
Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at TU Clausthal (1989)
Assistant professor (Hochschuldozent) for Physical Chemistry (1990)
Head of Division 'Polymer Materials' at BAM Federal Institute for Materials
Ressort in Berlin (1991)
Vice-President of BAM (1993)
President of BAM (2002)
Extraordinary Professor at TU Clausthal (1994)
Honorary Professor at FU Berlin (1995)
Research interests
Physical chemistry of polymers, in particular optical spectroscopy of
dimers, oligomers and polymers (especially with polarized light, including
time-resolved spectroscopy)
Photochemical reactions and aging of polymers (by means of
chemiluminescence)
Synthesis and characterization of plasmapolymerised layers
Honorary positions
Presidential Board of Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)
Board (Verwaltungsrat) of Stiftung Warentest
Chair of German Association of Governmental Research Institutes
Member of the Presidential Board of German Academy for Science and
Engineering (acatech)
