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| 1960-1963 | Studies in chemical engineering at the University of Applied Science in Essen (F.R. Germany); distinguished Diploma inChemical Engineering with recommendation for further Universitystudies | ||
| 1963-1970 | Industrial work at Beckman Instruments GmbH in Munich as aproduct-line manager (analytical instrumentation); (from 65 – 70on same position – part-time - besides the university studies) | ||
| 1965-1970 | Further studies in chemistry at the Technische Hochschule (TH)Munich (F.R. Germany), finished with a Diploma thesis under the advice of Prof. H. Gerischer (Institute of Physical Chemistry andElectrochemistry), title: “Photo-Effects at the Semiconductor Surface:ZnO/Electrolyte Solution” | ||
| 1970-1979 | Research Associate (head of the geochemical laboraties) at the "Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut" of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich; start-up of a mass spectrometric isotope lab for geochronological studies | ||
| 1975 | Ph.D graduation as external student under the advice of Prof. G. Ertl (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007), Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), thesis: "Working Principle of Ion Selective Electrodes " | ||
| 1975-1977 | several post-doctoral visiting positions in the United States withProf. G.A. Rechnitz, State University of New York at Buffalo with first biosensor research, and Prof. S. Mazur, University of Chicago) with organic synthesis | ||
| 1979-1986 | Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Ulm - specialities: electro-analytical chemistry, biosensors, spectroscopy | ||
| 1985 | Visiting professor at the University of Delaware in Newark (USA) during a sabbatical leave from U. of Ulm | ||
| 1986-1987 | Associate Professor (Extraordinariat) of Analytical Chemistry at the "Technischen Universität" (TUM) Munich | ||
| 1987-2005 | Full-Professor Chair of Analytical Chemistry at the "Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität" (WWU) Münster | ||
| 1991-2002 | Founder and director of the Institute for Chemical and Biochemical Sensor Research (ICB) e.V. at the "Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität" in Münster until its transformation into a GmbH besides the chair of Analytical Chemistry | ||
| 1998 | Visiting professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (USA) during a sabbatical leave from the U. of Münster Emeritus Professor since 2005 |
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