Bio and Interests:
1984 -1990 Study of metallurgy and materials science at RWTH Aachen University
1993 Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart
1994-1997 Post Doc at the University of Tokyo and the Kawasaki-Steel Corporation in Chiba (Japan)
1998-2000 Visisting Scientist at the YKK Corporation, Sendai Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Sendai (Japan)
2000 - present Senior scientist at the Peter-Grünberg-Institute (former Institute for Solid State Research), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Jülich (Germany)