21.9.1945                     born in Dresden, Germany

1964 – 1968                 Studies of chemistry at TU Dresden

1970                            Dr. rer. nat. at Technical University of Dresden

since 1973                   Research at the Working Group "Electrochemical

Engineering„ at the Dechema-Institute,

Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1980                            Chemviron Award

1981                            Max-Buchner-Research-Award

1985                            Appointment as Professor at University of Dortmund

1992                            Chief Executive of DECHEMA

1993                            Honorary Professor at the University of Regensburg

1994                            Castner Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry

1998                            Honorary doctorate by the University of Clausthal

1999                            Honorary Doctor of Technology (Dr.tekn.h.c.),

Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH)

since 2002                   Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Technical

                            University of Clausthal

since 2003                   Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Acadamy

of Engineering Sciences, IVA, Stockholm

2006                            Wilhelm Ostwald Medal of the Saxonian Academy

of Sciences in Leipzig

2007                            Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony