Part-time Vice President for Research, Transfer and Transformation

Areas of responsibility

  • Strategic planning in research, transfer and transformation
  • Research fields
  • Technology transfer and research funding
  • House of Research (HoR) + Research Pool
  • Research information system
  • Commission for large-scale equipment
  • University Library + Research Data Management
  • Quality management for the business area

Professional career

17.03.1964Frankfurt on the Main
1983-1985Studied technical mineralogy at the TU Darmstadt
1985-1987Civilian service
1987-1989Continued studies in technical mineralogy at the TU Darmstadt
1989-1994Research assistant at the Institute for Non-Metallic Materials at the TU Berlin
10/1994Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.)
Dissertation: Crystallization behaviour and rheology of lithium disilicate melts
1995-1996Project management at Sicowa GmbH & Co. KG Verfahrenstechnik für Baustoffe in Aachen
1996-1998Postdoc at the Arizona Materials Laboratory of the University of Arizona in the USA
1998-2001Postdoc at the Institute for Materials Science and Technology at the TU Berlin
08/2001Habilitation at the Faculty of Process Sciences (III) of the TU Berlin Teaching field: Non-metallic inorganic materials
1998-2002Tutor at the Overseas Campus Berlin of Stanford University
2001-2002Postdoc at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM in Berlin
2002Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation DFG at the TU Berlin
Since 10/2002Professor of Glass and Glass Technology at TU Clausthal
2010Guest stay at the Département Mécanique et Verres of the Université de Rennes in France
2012-2018Chairman of the Technical Committee Nucleation, Crystallization & Glass Ceramics of the International Commission on Glass ICG
Since 2013Scientific Director of the German Enamel Association DEV
2016-2017Visiting researcher at the Laboratório de Materiais Vítreos of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos in Brazil
2016-2024Fellow of the DFG's Expert Forum for Materials Science and Engineering
Since 2021Chairman of the Board of the German Glass Technology Society DGG
2021-2024Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Materials Sciences at Clausthal University of Technology
2024-2025Visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University in Japan
Since 4/2025Part-time Vice President for Research, Transfer and Transformation at Clausthal University of Technology