| 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 |