Curriculum Vitae
- 1994, Ph.D. in Meteorology (magna cum laude), Department of Physics, Humboldt-University of Berlin,
Germany
- 1980, M.S. in Meteorology, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University at Cologne, Germany
- 1975, B.S. in Meteorology, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University at Cologne, Germany
- 1973, B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Cologne-University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Since 2003, Associate Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM)
- Since 2001, Research Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Geophysical Institute,
Atmospheric Science Group
- 1999 - 2001, Research Associate, fire safety research, MFPA für das Bauwesen Leipzig e.V.,
Leipzig, Germany
- 1988-1997, Principal Investigator, Fraunhofer-Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (IFU),
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- 1985-1988, Principal Investigator, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH., Ottobrunn, Germany
- 1980-1985, Research Assistant, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics,
Department of Theoretical Meteorology, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 1978, Development of an computer-controlled equipment to measure the global and terrestrial
radiation within the framework of the Joint Air-Sea Interaction experiment JASIN 1978.
The measurements were carried out aboard the German research vessel Meteor in the north-eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
from July to September
- Fall 2006, Special class Turbulence, Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS)
at CNSM, UAF (graduate level)
- Fall 2004, Special class Physics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, DAS at CNSM,
UAF (graduate level)
- Spring 2004, Core class Atmospheric Radiation, DAS at CNSM, UAF (graduate level)
- Spring 2003, Core class Atmospheric Dynamics, DAS at CNSM, UAF (graduate level)
- 1998-1999, Lectures on Micrometeorology, Institute of Geoecology, University of Potsdam,
Germany (graduate level)
- 1991, Lectures on Dry Deposition of Reactive Trace Gases,
University of Valladolid, Department of Applied Physics, Spain (graduate level and higher)
- 1980-1985, Teaching Assistant, Physics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer,
Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, Department of Theoretical Meteorology, J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main,
Germany (graduate level)
- Since 2005, Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of the Calcutta Mathematical Society
- Reviewer of several research proposals, by request of
- EUROTRAC Scientific Secretariat,
- German Department of Education, Science, Research, and Technology (BMBF),
- German Science Foundation (DFG),
- National Science Foundation (NSF).
- Reviewer of of manuscripts, by request of
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
- Atmospheric Environment,
- Atmospheric Research,
- Biogeosciences,
- Geophysical Research Letters,
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology,
- Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry,
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association,
- Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere,
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics,
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,
- Tellus,
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology,
- Transaction of the Air & Waste Management Association,
- Water, Air, and Soil Pollution.
- Presentation before the
Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission, Anchorage, Alaska, April 12, 2007
- Judge of student presentations for the AGU Section Biogeosciences on the Fall Meeting of the
American Geophysical Society (AGU), San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002
- Convener of the special session Advances in Physics and Chemistry of Clouds,
held on the Fall Meeting of the AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002
- Convener of the special session Dry and Wet Deposition and the Exchange of Reactive Trace
Constituents between Biosphere and Atmosphere, held on the Spring Meeting of the AGU, Washington, DC, May 28-31, 2002
- Judge of student presentations for the AGU Hydrological Section on the Fall Meeting of the AGU,
December 10-14, 2001
- Co-convener of the Symposium Scaling, Multifractals and Nonlinear Variability in Oceans & Atmosphere
of the 24th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society (EGS), The Hague, The Netherlands, April 19-23, 1999
- Convener of the Workshop On the Accuracy of Results obtained from Field Experiments and Model Simulations
(English translation of the German title), held at the Deutsche Meteorologentagung '98, Leipzig, Germany, September 14-18, 1998;
member of the Program Committee
- Preparing the "Leitthema 2, Anthropogene und biogene Emission sowie Deposition von Spurengasen"
(2nd subject, Antropogenic and Biogenic Emission as well as Deposition of Trace Gases) of the Tropospheric
Research Program, announced and run by the German Department of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF)
- Planning and preparing of the special issue of the Meteorologische Zeitschrift, N.F.,Vol. 5,
Hf. 5 (1996), regarding the first phase (1990-1992) of the Joint Research Project SANA (Wissenschaftliches Begleitprogramm zur
Sanierung der Atmosphäre über den neuen Bundesländern - Scientific Programme for the Recovery of the Atmosphere over the New
Federal Countries of Germany)
- Coordinator for dry deposition studies within the framework of the Joint Research Project SANA
- Member of the VDI-Commission "Reinhaltung der Luft"
- 1988 - 1989, Working Group Meteorologische Grenzschichtmodelle - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Models,
- 1989 - 1990, Committee Wechselwirkungen zwischen technischen Oberflächen und Atmosphäre -
Interactions between Technical Surfaces and the Atmosphere.
- 1983 - 1985, Member of the Lehr- und Studienausschuß
(Committee for Teaching and Studying Regularities), Department of Geosciences, J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Acquisition of Research Projects
- 2003 - 2004, Uncertainty analysis of cloud microphysical processes, $ 69,721, UPOS project,
Principal Investigator
- 1993 - 1995, "Entwicklung, Evaluierung und Anwendung der Inferentialmethode" (Development,
evaluation and application of the inferential method), Joint Research Project SANA, DM (German Marks) 260,000.00 Grant by the BMBF,
Principal Investigator
- 1993 - 1995, "Berechnung und Interpolation des flächendeckenden atmosphärischen Eintrags durch
trockene Deposition" (Calculation and interpolation of the area-dependent atmospheric input by dry deposition),
Joint Research Project SANA, DM 339,000.00 Grant by the BMBF, Principal Investigator
- 1993 - 1994, Deposition of ozone and nitrogen dioxide to European forests, ECU 32,500.00
(corresponds to DM 65,000.00) Grant by Commission of the European Communities, DG XII-E, Co-principal Investigator
- 1992, "Weiterentwicklung der Inferentialmethode" (Further development of the inferential method),
Joint Research Project SANA, DM 48,000.00 Grant by the German Department of Research and Technology (BMFT), Principal Investigator
- 1990 - 1992, "Entwicklung und Anwendung diagnostischer Modelle der atmosphärischen Grenzschicht zur
Bestimmung der trockenen Deposition von Spurengasen über ebenem und komplexem Terrain" (Development and application of diagnostic
models of the atmospheric boundary layer for determining the dry deposition of trace gases), EUROTRAC-Subproject BIATEX,
DM 410,000.00 Grant by the BMFT, Principal Investigator
- 1987 - 1990, "Entwicklung eines meteorologisch-photochemischen Simulationsmodells zur Behandlung des
Transports, der Diffusion und der Deposition reaktiver Spurengase über irregulärem Terrain" (Development of a meteorological-
photochemical model for predicting the transport, the diffusion and the deposition of reactive trace gases over irregular terrain),
DM 898,000.00 Grant by the BMFT, Principal Investigator
- 2008, Inclusion of the biographical profile in Who's Who in Science and Engineering,
10th Anniversary Edition
- 2008, Inclusion of the biographical profile in Who's Who in the World,
25th Silver Edition (to be published in November 2007)
- Since 2007, Inclusion of the biographical profile in Who's Who in America
- Since 2007, Citizen of the United States of America
- 2000, M.E. in Industrial Engineering, Cologne-University of Applied Sciences, Germany (honorary degree)
- 1978, Travel award, NATO Science School

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