Date of birth: February 22, 1944
Place of birth: Jaderberg, Germany
Nationality: German
Degrees:
Degree in Geology, Kiel University, Germany, 1973
Ph.D., Kiel University, Germany, 1976
Habilitation, Kiel University, Germany, 1983
Positions:
1985 - Present Professor of Geology at Bremen University
1985 Assistant Professor of Geology at Kiel University
1983 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
1980 - 1984 Research Assistant at Kiel University, Dept. of Geology
1979 - 1980 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
1978 - 1979 Research Assistant at Kiel University, Dept. of Geology
1973 - 1978 Research Assistant at Kiel University, SFB 95
Research work on:
Sedimentation processes in shallow water
Ecology of benthic foraminifera
Carbonate production in boreal and tropical seas
Distribution of stable isotopes in calcareous organisms
Particle flux (carbon and associated elements)
Paleoclimate in the South Atlantic
Committee Memberships:
1986 - 1991 Speaker, Faculty of Geosciences, Bremen University
1989 - 2004 Oceanography Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(Chairman since 1995)
1989 - 2001 Speaker of the SFB 261, Bremen University
1990 - 1992 Executive committee of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
1991 - 1994 Ocean History Panel (OHP) of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
1994 - 2000 Scientific Advisory Board of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea
Research (NIOZ), Texel
1995 - 2005 Marine Board of ESF (1999 - 2001 Vice Chair)
1999 - 2001 Scientific coordinator of the Universum Science Center Bremen
2000 - Vice-president of the GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Foundation
2001 - President of the „Wittheit zu Bremen“ (Scientific Society of Bremen)
2001 - Director of MARUM (DFG Research Center „Ocean Margins“/Excellence Cluster “The Ocean in the Earth System”
2004 - Consortium German Marine Science Institutions (KDM, since 2007 President)
2005 Coordinator “Stadt der Wissenschaft” Bremen/Bremerhaven
2005 - Member SASEC, IODP
2006 - Member Senate Leibniz Gemeinschaft
2006 - Head of Steering Committee Wissenschaft im Dialog
2008 - Chairman of the Geo-Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Scientific Awards:
Albert-Maucher-Award for Geosciences 1983
Communicator Award 2001
Julius von Haast Fellowship Award (New Zealand) 2004
Dr. h. c. University of Oldenburg 2007
