CV (short)

1969 - 1976     Studies of Physics (Diplome), Justus-Liebig University, Gießen, Technical University, Darmstadt

1976 - 1983     Studies of Biology (PhD, Dr. phil. nat.) at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main

1983 - 1986     Research stipend (post doc, DFG) and research specialist at Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.

1986 - 1992     Assistant professor (Hochschulassistent, Venia legendi in Zoology), University of the Saarland (Prof. W. Nachtigall) "Locomotion in fluids", establishment and direction of a project on fish locomotion.

1992                Heisenberg-stipend of the DFG (German Science Foundation)

1993                Walther-Arndt-Habilitation-Price of the German Zoological Society (DZG) 

1993                Professor of Biomechanics (since 2001 Motion Science) at the Institute of Sport Science at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

since 1993         Professor of Biomechanics/Motion Science at the Institute of Sport Science at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

1995                Cofounder and since then speaker of the innovation college "Motion Systems"

since 1998         Elected director of the Institute of  Sportscience with currently 1000 students and a staff of ca. 30

CV (long)

1957 - 1961     Elementary school, Eppertshausen

1961 - 1968     Goetheschule (high school, natural sciences), Dieburg

1969 - 1972     Studies of Physics, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen

1972 - 1976     Studies of Physics, Technical University, Darmstadt

1976                Diplome (masters) in Physics, T.U. Darmstadt (Prof. Kötzler) "Measurement of the dynamic zero-field susceptibility of EuO in the range of the ferromagnetic ctritical point.”

1976 - 1983     Studies of Biology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main

1983                Doctor of Natural Sciences (PhD, Dr. phil. nat.), J.W.-Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, (Prof. F.G. Barth), "Strain in the exoskeleton of spiders."

1983 - 1986     Research stipend (post doc, DFG) and research specialist at Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A., (Prof. C. R. Taylor, Prof. T. A. McMahon) "Principals of construction of the motion system of vertebrates”.

1986 - 1992     Assistant professor (Hochschulassistent), University of the Saarland (Prof. W. Nachtigall) "Locomotion in fluids", establishment and direction of a project on fish locomotion.

1989, 1990      Visiting scientist for several months at the University of California at Berkeley "Principals of construction of the arthropod motion system" und at the Scripps Oceanographic-Institute at San Diego "Forces in the tendon of swimming tuna."

1992                Scientific excursion to the marine station of the  University of Heraclion, Crete, Greece, "Visualization of flow in the vicinity of swimming fish”.

1992                Habilitation (Venia legendi in Zoology) "Biomechanics of the axial aquatical and the pedal terrestrial locomotion”

1992                Heisenberg-stipend of the DFG (German Science Foundation)

1993                Walther-Arndt-Habilitation-Price of the German Zoological Society (DZG)

1993                Call: guest-professor (full-professor, C4) at the University of Zürich, Switzerland

1993                Professor of Biomechanics at the Institute of Sport Science at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

1994                Guest-professor at the Institute of  Zoology,  University of Wiena, Austria

1995                Organization of the dvs-workshop "Biomechanics und motor control" with Dr. Kirchner

1995                Cofounder and since then speaker of the innovation college "Motion Systems", an interdisciplinary research group with ca. 30 scientists (biology, sport, medicine, engineering)

1996                Co-organizer: Workshop of the German Zoological Society "Biomechanics" (with Bereiter-Hahn and Nachtigall)

1997                Organizer:  I^st International Congress on Motion Systems

1997                One of 5 referees for the  evaluation of the Institute of  Sportscience at the TU-Munich

1998                 Elected and appointed director of the Institute of  Sportscience with currently 1000 students and a staff of ca. 30

Head of the search committee  „Sport Medicine C4“

Member of the ethics commission of the Faculty of Social- and Behavioral Sciences

                         Research visit at the University of California at Berkeley „Preflex“

1999                First institute of the university being externally evaluated within the valuation within the association of the universities of  Halle, Jena, Leipzig.

2000                Reelection as director of the Institute of Sportscience.

2001               Call: Prof. Biomechanics (suc, van Ingen-Schenau) Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

                        Organizer:  II^nd International Congress on Motion Systems

                        Prof. Motions Science, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena