* 1964

Academic Degrees and Qualifications

2000
Habilitation at the University of Stuttgart
Topic: "Homogenization Methods of Non-linear Continuum Mechanics Taking Account of Stability Problems".
1995
Awarded Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Hannover.
Topic: "Theoretical and Algorithmic Concepts for the Phenomenological Description of Anisotropic Material Behaviour".
1988-1992
Enrolled at the University of Hannover with a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Areas of specialization: structural engineering and mechanics. Graduation: Dipl.-Ing.
1984-1988
Study of Civil Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden. Graduation: Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

Academic Career

2010
Appointed to a professorship at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Since 2001
Professor for Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen.
2000-2001
Professor for Mechanics, Work Group IV, Darmstadt University of Technology.
2000
Appointed to professorships at the Darmstadt University of Technology as well as the University of Hanover.
1996-2000
Member of teaching staff with civil service status (Akademischer Rat) at the Institute of Mechanics (Structural Engineering), Chair I, University of Stuttgart.
1993-1995
Member of academic staff at the Institute for Mechanics and Computational Mechanics at the University of Hannover.

Academic Self-administration

1 January 2011 - 31 March 2015
Vice-Rector for Research, Junior Academic Staff & Knowledge Transfer under the rector Ulrich Radtke.

Since 1 April 2017
Vice-Rector for Research, Junior Academic Staff & Knowledge Transfer under the rector Ulrich Radtke.