born: 14.02.1956 in Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany
1982: Dipl.-Ing. (Mineralogy and Material Science, TU Darmstadt)
1983 - 1992: Research Assistant at TU Hamburg-Harburg with Prof. Förstner
1988: Dr.-Ing. at TUHH
1989 - 1992: Postdoc at TUHH
1993 - 1994: Postdoc at EAWAG/ETH Zürich
1995 - 1997: Group Leader Geochemistry (BAT Ia) at Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemünde
1996: Dr.-Ing. habil. Geochemistry at TUHH
since 11/1997: Professor (C3) at JGU Mainz
h-index 42, Google Scholar (including book chapters)
h-index 30, ISI Web of Science
Editor-in-chief "Applied Geochemistry"