- 1985 - present Scientific co-worker at the Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Department Processing,
since 2003: Head of the working field "Fibre Formation"- 1986 PhD Thesis "Optical Information Recording on Thermoplastics", Dresden University of Technology
- 1981-1985 Scientific assistant
- 1981 Diploma in Physics, Thesis "Knight-shift in liquid metals"
- 1976-1981 Study of Physics at the Dresden University of Technology
- 1956 born in Magdeburg (www.magdeburg.de)
- Melt spinning of thermoplastic polymers
- Theory and model of fibre formation
- Computer simulation of technological processes (monofilament and multifilament melt spinning, spunbonded nonwoven)