Part-time Vice President for Studies and Teaching

Areas of responsibility

Professional career

1961July 8, born in Kassel
10/82 - 01/89

Gesamthochschule Kassel (University of the State of Hesse), study of civil engineering
Diploma I: Dipl.-Ing. 1987

Diploma II: Dipl.-Ing. 1989

02/89 - 11/89Research assistant in the field of solid construction, Department of Civil Engineering, Gesamthochschule Kassel (University of the State of Hesse)
12/89 - 01/94Research assistant in the Department of Continuum Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gesamthochschule Kassel (University of the State of Hesse)
11/93Doctorate with distinction (University of Kassel)
02/94 - 11/94Research Assistant in the Department of Continuum Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kassel (University of the State of Hesse)
11/94 - 07/03Academic advisor in the Department of Continuum Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kassel
02/03Habilitation in the field of mechanics (University of Kassel)
Since 08/08W3-Professorship for Solid Mechanics at the TU Clausthal
Since 05/18Member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society
01/24 - 12/26Chairman of the Engineering Sciences Class of the Braunschweig Scientific Society
05/22 - 04/24Spokesperson for the Sustainable Materials and Processes research field at TU Clausthal
Since 1993Member of the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
01/15 - 12/17Chairman of the German Committee for Mechanics (German Section of Mechanics within GAMM)
Since 2010GAMM representative at the TU Clausthal
05/10 - 05/131st Chairman of the Clausthal Circle for the Promotion of Applied Mechanics
04/09 - 03/24Managing Director of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics at TU Clausthal
Since 01/18Member of the General Assembly, IUTAM (International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Since 2016Chair of the German-Greek-Polish Symposium on Recent Advances in Mechanics on the German side
Since 10/2024Part-time Vice President for Studies and Teaching at TU Clausthal