1939 Born in Berlin

1959 - 1977  Study of Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany)

1971  PhD in Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany)

1971 - 1972   Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. F.W. McLafferty, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. (USA)

1975  Venia legendi in Physical Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany)

1979  apl. Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Bonn (Germany)

1985 - 2001  Head of Department of Analytical Chemistry, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover (Germany)

2002 and 2004  Visiting professor at the Waterloo University, Ontario, Canada

Since 2001  Retired

Seit Nov. 2009 Mitglied im Vorstand des Entwicklungspolitischen Netzwerkes  Rheinland-Pfalz (ELAN)