Education and academic degrees |
| 1972-1980 |
Technical university Braunschweig |
| 1977 |
Diploma, Physics, Braunschweig |
| 1980 |
PhD, Physics, Braunschweig |
| 1985 |
Habilitation, Geophysics, Mainz |
Professional appointments |
| 1981-1985 |
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Mainz |
| 1982 |
Postdoctoral fellow, Arizona State University, Tempe |
| 1985-1986 |
Lecturer, University Karlsruhe |
| 1986-1991 |
Heisenberg research fellow, Max-Planck Institute Mainz |
| 1988 |
Visiting professor, University Utrecht |
| 1991-1992 |
Research Fellow (equiv. Assoc. Prof.), Max-Planck Institute Mainz |
| 1992-2003 |
Professor of Geophysics, University Göttingen |
| 2002- |
Director at the Max-Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau
(new name since 1 July 2004: Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research) |
| 2005-2007 |
Managing Director at the MPS |
Awards, Honors |
| 1988 |
Gerhard-Hess award of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 1994 |
Gottfried-Wilhelm Leibniz prize |
| 1995 |
Elected to the Göttingen Academy of Sciences |
| 1999 |
Elected to the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina |
| 2000 |
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union |
| 2003 |
Honorary fellow of the European Union of Geosciences |
Editorial and other professional offices (selection) |
| 1988-1991 |
Assc. editor, Geophysical Journal International |
| 1991-1996 |
Editor, Earth & Planetary Science Letters |
| 1995-1997 |
Senate of the University of Göttingen |
| 1995-2001 |
Chairman, IASPEI commission of Geodynamics and Tectonophysics |
| 1999-2001 |
Assc. Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research |
| 1999-2001 |
Chairman, German geophysics research association (FKPE) |
| 1999-current |
Member of IASPEI executive committee, co-chair commission on Earth structure and geodynamics |
| 2000-current |
DFG reviewing board for Solid Earth Physics |
| 2001-2003 |
German representative, Life & Environm. Sci. Standing Committee of ESF |
| 2004-2006 |
Member of the Solar System Working Group of ESA |
Fields of research |
| Dynamics of planetary interiors, mantle convection, dynamo models, numerical simulation |
