Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAMStudies/academic-professional stations
| since 2010-today | Director at Fraunhofer IFAM, Division of Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces as well as Professorship of Polymeric Materials, Faculty Production Engineering, University Bremen |
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| 2000-2010 | Head of product development „Automotive adhesives" in Europe at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Heidelberg. Responsible for management, finance, global coordination of product development activities, new technologies | |
| 1998 -2000 | Head of research group „Technical surfaces“ at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf | |
| 1992 -1998 | Chemist in corporate research with core activities in the areas of „Metall treatment for corrosion protection and paint adhesives” at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf | |
| 1991-1992 | Postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA), „Transition metal catalysis to build new ceramic matrerials“ |
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| 1988-1990 | PhD at the University of Karlsruhe, „Thesis on inorganic and metal-organic phosphorus chemistry“ |
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| 1982-1988 | Academic studies in chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe |