Education as an industrial manager

at Siemens in Cologne, Germany

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Industrial manager at Siemens in Cologne, Germany

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Evening Secondary School in Cologne, Germany

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Abitur (German secondary-school-certificate)

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Study of Physics at the University of Cologne

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Diploma in Physics

Diploma thesis at Prof. J. Jaumann, II. Physical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany:

"Optical constants and effective mass of free carriers in n-doped gallium arsenide"

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Scientific assistant to the chair of Prof. J. Jaumann

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Doctorate with degree Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Cologne, Germany

Thesis topic at Prof. J. Jaumann, II. Institute of Physics: "Optical and electrical properties of b-rhobohedral boron"

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Physicist / Senior manager at Bayer, Leverkusen

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Habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification)
in Physics at the University of Cologne, Germany

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Professor
University Duisburg - Essen, Germany
(formerly: Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg
Head of the research team Boron and Boron Compounds in the Solid State Physics Laboratory
 

Member of the
"International Scientific Committee of Boron, Borides and Related Materials"

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Chairman of the "International Scientific Committee of Boron, Borides and Related Materials"

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Retirement

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Continuing the scientific work on boron and boron compounds on a private basis

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