Curriculum Vitæ

• 1937  Date of birth: July 14, 1937 of Leipzig
• 1957-1962 Study of chemistry at the University of Leipzig
• 1962 Diplom thesis (supervisor Prof. Dr. W. Treibs)

Synthesis and spectroscopic study of Schiff-bases of some azulenes
• 1962-1971 Assistant at the institute of physics at the University of Leipzig
• 1971 Doctor degree (rer. nat.) at the University of Leipzig with Prof. Dr. M. Mühlstädt and Prof. Dr. A. Lösche

Thesis: Investigation of the enolization of carbethoxycycloketones and the reaction site of the Mannich-reaction at heterocyclic ß-ketones by means of proton magnetic resonance
• 1966 Doctor degree (sc. nat) and facultas docendi at the University of Leipzig

Thesis: Assignment of diastereomers by 1H-NMR-spektroscopic conformational analysis
• 1971 Hochschuldozent at the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg

Head of the NMR working group of the institut of chemistry
• 1975 Research-prize of the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg
• 1979 Friedrich-Wöhler prize of the chemical society of the GDR
• 1984 Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
• 1992 Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
• 1994 head of the department "Analytical Chemistry & Reference Materials" at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and S-professor at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
• 1996  Member of the international editorial board of Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry

 Board member of EURACHEM/D
• 1997 Honorary doctor of the State University Rostov on Don
• 2002, October. Retired

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