Curriculum Vitae
- Born January 22, 1956 in Fallersleben, Germany
- University courses in Geology and Palaeontology at Clausthal University of Technology (1976-1982), Diploma in 1982 on palaeontologic and geochemical investigations on deep-sea sediments from the Peru Basin, East Pacific Ocean
- Carl-Duisberg Gesellschaft, Berlin (1982), military service (1982-1984)
- Institute of Mineralogy, Clausthal University of Technology (research and teaching, 1984-1989), Centre for Raw Material Related Marine Research; Participation in several research cruises with RV Sonne focussed on Co-rich ferromanganese crusts as well as hydrothermal vent fields with associated massive sulphide deposits
- PhD in 1991 on the geochemistry of Upper Cretaceous sedimentary siderites and apatites of Amberg area, Bavaria, Germany
- Centre for Raw Material Related Marine Research, Clausthal University of Technology (research and teaching, 1990-1995)
- Since July 1995 Dept. of Petroleum Geology, Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, research and teaching comprising amongst others the evaluation of petrophysical characteristics of conventional reservoir rocks (sandstones and carbonates) and unconventional reservoir rocks (gas shales) using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and FIB-SEM, thin section analyses, and X-ray diffraction (XRD)
Scientific affiliations
- International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
- Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V. (DGMK)
- Geologische Vereinigung (GV)
- Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)