CV

Since January 2011	Full Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Head of Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP)
July 2006- June 2011	Adjunct Faculty University of Florida, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gainesville, USA
July 2006 – January 2011	Full Professor, Applied Materials Science, Technical University of Freiberg
Nov 2003 – July 2006	Associate Professor, University of Florida, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gainesville, USA
Nov. 2001 – Oct. 2003	Senior Coating Expert – ALSTOM Power (Switzerland) Ltd
July 1993 - Nov 2001	Group Leader: Materials Thermodynamics and Chemistry of Ceramics and Alloys, Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Powder Metallurgy Laboratory, Department of Material Synthesis and Microstructure Design, Stuttgart, Germany
1993 - 1997	Research Associate - Institute for Non-metallic Inorganic Materials, University of Stuttgart, Germany
March 2003	Habilitation, University of Stuttgart
Dec. 1993	Doctor of Natural Sciences, Dr. rer. nat. University of Stuttgart and Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung
July 1988	Diploma - Mineralogy, University of Heidelberg, Germany