Vita

born Nov. 4, 1958 in Göttingen, Germany

elementary and high schools in Berlin, Jülich, California, Rio de Janeiro; military service

master of geosciences (RWTH Aachen, TU Munich) with practical and field studies:
research vessel ‘MS Sonne’, gold-exploration in Australia; SE-Asia, Pakistan, Middle America
master thesis: Spain, New Mexico
working in steel construction and engineering offices

PhD-thesis at the RWTH Aachen in cooperation with the University of Münster in the field of isotope geochemistry (Dr.rer.nat. with first class honours)

since 1991 working in industrial property rights (Freiburg, Munich), since 1995 as German Patent Attorney in Iserlohn, since 1996 European Patent Attorney

since 1997 lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen

2008 appointment for honorary professor

married with Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Haverkamp, two children