PROFESSIONAL CAREER

since Oct. 2010: appointed to the professorship of technical organic chemistry at the University of applied sciences Kaiserslautern
scientific and research topics: macromolecular and rubber chemistry, material science
consultant for the rubber and plastics industry

Apr. 2007 – Sept. 2010: Director R&D and authorized representative of nora systems GmbH,
member of the management board

Nov. 2003 - April 2007: senior manager product development, Freudenberg Bausysteme KG

Dec. 2000 – Nov. 2003: senior manager elastomer development, Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG

Jun. 1999 – Dec. 2000: manager elastomer development, Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG
ACADEMIC CAREER

Oct. 1999 – Jun. 2000: in parallel to the job for Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG, postgraduate studies in rubber technology at the university of Hanover

Jan. 1996 – Apr. 1999: PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen (University of Aachen)
Modeling the viscoelastic properties of PTFE.
Dr. rer. nat.

Jan. 1996 – Jun. 1999: scientific fellow at the Deutschen Wollforschungsinstitut
responsible for thermal and mechanical analysis of polymers (DMTA, DSC, TGA, TMA), polymer analytic (IR, ESCA)

Oct. 1989 – Dec. 1995: studies in chemistry at the RWTH Aachen (Aachen University)
specialized in polymer chemistry
Diplom-Chemiker

LECTURES/PAPERS
ongoing lectures at the University of applied sciences Kaiserslautern
Elastomeric materials
Polymer chemistry
Introduction into Material sciences

2012 „Elastomere“ in „Polymer engineering“
editor P. Eyerer, Springer Berlin Heidelberg

June 2009: International Rubber Conference 2009, Nuremberg
„Safety-floors on rubber basis -
new concepts of slip-resistance“

Aug. 2007/ Jan. 2008: Invited as an expert for the delphi-study „nanotechnology“, Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse, KIT Karlsruhe

2001: „Elastomere und ihre Eigenschaften“ in „Elastomere Werkstoffe“, edited by Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG, Dr. Gupta Verlag

2000 - 2010: Lectures, Freudenberg group
➢basics of polymer chemistry
➢elastomeric materials
➢vulcanization chemistry
➢production of rubber flooring materials

PATENTS

EP20070013052 Floor Covering comprises sheet or tile elastomeric base material with slip-resistant surface containing granular particles comprising polymeric material with hardness significantly greater than that of elastomeric material
US20080020179
CA2594439
CN101113638
DE102006034646
KR2008009640

EP1685064 New high specific surface composite particles, useful as fillers or stabilizers in polymers or as catalysts, comprising carrier particles, encapsulating layer of oxide material and active material particles
WO2005049489
DE10353555
US20070087196
ES2288692

EP1789487 Rubber mixture, useful in vulcanized rubber mixture and molded articles, comprises a non-magnetic filler and a nanoscale magnetic filler
DE102004041746
WO2006024413
KR2007051871
CN101044197
JP208511700
US20080135799

DE102007032821 Shoe for medical applications has a permanent magnet positioned in a shoe in the area of a heel and/or a bundion and a main body made from foam material
WO2009007016

EP1749054 Rubber composition is a rubber, together with a cross linking agent, chalcogenides of metals and age protection agents to reduce the heavy metal content without loss of mechanical performance
DE102004026685
JP2008500412
US20080014438

additional patents prepared

EXPERIENCES
- implementing innovation strategies
- Polymer chemist, material specialist
➢Compounding, modifying and processing of polymers,
surface chemistry of polymers
➢Polymeranalytic
- experiences in rubber processing
➢Processanalysis and -optimization
- experiences of life cycle analysis of flooring materials
➢Product optimization according to eco balance sheets
- experiences in acquisition of R&D projects
- expert in standardization of flooring materials, ISO