Physics & Climate

Biography

1966 - 1970 Studies with focus on atomic and laser physics at Technical University Hannover, Diploma in Physics Thesis: Hyperfine-Structure Investigations and Core Polarization in Mn II- Spectrum 1971 - 1974 Scientific assistant and dissertation at University of Kaiserslautern, Doctoral thesis: Cascade-Free Lifetime Measurements with Fast Ion Beams after Combined Gas-Laser-Excitation: Development of a Set-Up and First Measurements with Ba + , Na, Ne and Li + 1975 - 1981 Professor for Laser-Engineering at Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg 1982 - 2009 Professor for Laser-Engineering and Materials Science at Helmut-Schmidt-University 1990 +1992 Visiting Scientist at IBM Watson-Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA 1995 +1996 Visiting Scientist at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA 1995 - 1997 Dean of School of Electrical Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg 1997 - 1999 Vice-President of Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg 2001 - 2009 Chair of Experimental Physics & Materials Science, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg 2010    Retired