Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience:

1988 :                         Diploma in Geology, LMU Munich, Germany
1988-1993:                Research Assistant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1991:                          Research stay at CRPG, Nancy, France
1993:                          Doctorate in Natural Science (Dr. sc. nat.), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1993-1995:                Research Assistant, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
1995-2003:                Senior Research Scientist, Mineralogy, TU Munich, Germany
2001:                          Guest Professor, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
2003:                          Habilitation in Geochemistry, Petrology and Economic Geology, TU Munich
Since 2003:               Senior Lecturer in Applied Geology, Engineering Geology, TU Munich

Selected Awards:

Scholarship, Bayerische Begabten Förderung (1982-1987);
Postdoc Fellowship, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (1993);
Marie-Curie-Fellowship, European Union (1993-1995)

Selected Services:

Associate Editor of Ore Geology Reviews (since 2003);
Reviewer for the Swiss and German National Science Foundations (SNF, DFG)
Regular reviewer for:

Economic Geology, Mineralium Deposita, Ore Geology Reviews, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Clay Minerals, Clays and Clay Minerals, Chemical Geology, Geochimica et Cosmochima Acta, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Bulletin of Volcanology, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geothermics.

Memberships:

Society of Economic Geologists, Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, International Association for the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Ton und Tonmineralgruppe e.V.,

Organized meetings:

Organizer of the  European Science Foundation (ESF) sponsored Exploratory Workshop on "Non-sulfide Zn-Pb Ores: The European types as background for exploration " April 20-23, 2005; Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy.
Organizer and lecturer of the SGA-sponsored Workshop “Gold Mineral Systems 2006” June 6-9, 2006; Munich, Germany.