Competence & Expertise

• Education in Chemical Engineering
  (Technical University Essen, Germany)
• 10 Years Project Engineer
  in R&D in the field of applied electro chemistry (Frankfurt, Jülich)
  => > 25 patent applications, > 70 publications & lectures;
  Technology Transfer Award of the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
• 10 Years Project Manager (Research Centre Jülich)
  Project support on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Research & Technology (BMFT) in the field of
  • Chemistry (catalysis, membrane technology)
  • Polymers
  • Composites
  • Renewable resources
• 11 Years Director of the Project Management Agency (Research Centre Jülich)
  on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Education & Research and the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs & Technology in the field of
  • Polymers
  • Metals
  • Composites
  • Ceramics
  • Materials for energy technology, traffic & transport, information technology, medicine, chemistry
• · 6 Years Managing Director (CEO)
  of the Center of Excellence New Materials North Bavaria Ltd. Bayreuth-Fürth-Würzburg, established 2000 in the frame of the High Tech Initiative Bavaria
  The Center of Excellence is an application oriented R&D- service provider for industrial customers in the field of light weight materials and multifunctional materials: From first ideas to indusrial solutions
• Evaluator & Expert on behalf of the Commission of the European Union (Brussels) and the Government of Canada
• Member of several steering committees for programme preparation & evaluation
• Member of Expert Delegations (fact finding, co-operations) to USA, Canada, Korea, Israel, China, Russia, Australia