| 1948 |
born in Warnemünde |
| 1973 |
Physics diploma at the Rostock University |
| 1976 |
Dr. rer. nat. |
| 1978-1979 |
Postdoc at the Lomonossov University Moscow |
| 1979 |
Dr. sc. nat., Facultas Docendi |
| 1981 |
Gustav-Hertz Award of the Physical Society |
| 1981-1988 |
Assistant professor for theoretical physics at the Humboldt University Berlin |
| 1986-1988 |
Assistant professor for physics at the Asmara University, Eritrea |
| 1989-2013 |
Physical oceanographer at the Institute for Marine / Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde |
| 2013 |
Honorary Fellow of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) |
| since 2014 |
Emeritus of the Institute for Marine / Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde |
| 2015 |
Member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences at Berlin |
| 2018 |
Fridtjof Nansen Medal 2018 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) |
| 2024 |
IAPWS Gibbs Award of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam |
