| Education: |
1955 - 1959 |
Primary School "Heinrich-Lersch-Schule" in Moenchengladbach |
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1959 - 1967 |
Secondary School "Math. Naturwiss. Gymnasium" in Moenchengladbach |
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1967 |
Examination (Abitur) |
| Military Service: |
1968 - 1969 |
German Army |
| Studies: |
1967 - 1968
and
1969 - 1974 |
Biology and Chemistry at the University of Cologne |
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1974 |
Examination (Staatsexamen) |
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1974- 1976 |
Graduate Student at the Institute of Botany, University of Cologne |
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1975 |
PhD (Doctoral Degree in Botany) |
| Appointments: |
1977 - 1985 |
Research Assistant at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld |
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1982 - 1983 |
Research visit at the Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Japan |
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1984 |
Habilitation in Botany |
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1985 - 1990 |
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld |
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1991 |
Deputy Professor at the Institute of Botany, University of Kiel |
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1991 - 1998 |
Head, Life Sciences Section at the Deutsche Agentur fuer Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (DARA) GmbH in Bonn |
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Since 1998 |
Head, Life and Microgravity Sciences Program at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Bonn |
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Since 1992 |
Apl. Professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld |
| Language: |
English (fluent), French (basic) |
| Memberships: |
Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft (German Botanical Society)
Verband Deutscher Biologen (Union of German Biologists)
International Academy of Astronautics
American Society for Space and Gravitational Biology |
