Personal and professional background

1955

born in Kiel

1974

Abitur with focus on Mathematics and Natural Science

1974 - 1975

Military service

1975 - 1980

Agriculture Studies at Kiel University and agricultural internships in Schleswig-Holstein and Westfalia

1980

examination as Dipl.-Ing. agr. with focus on Phytopathology, Plant Cultivation and Botany

1980 - 1982

scientific employee and doctoral student under Prof. Dr. H. Börner at the Institute for Phytopathology at Kiel University with the following disciplines: supervision of the phytopathology internships, realisation of biochemical examinations for host-parasite-interaction in susceptible and resistant cultivars

1983

doctorate as Dr. sc. agr. for the discipline phytopathology with minor subjects in plant cultivation and plant nutrition

1982 - 1990

scientific employee and head of the department of plant protection at the Federal Office for Agriculture and Water Itzehoe with focus on consulting for arable land and field vegetables, training, laboratory diagnostics, release of information

1990

appointed professor at the Faculty of Agriculture of the UAS Kiel for the disciplines phytomedicine and botany