Research Interests:

• Rock Physics
• Experimental Rheology
• Ductile Behaviour of Crustal Rocks
• Fracture Mechanics
• Stress Field of the Continental Crust

Career:

• 1986 - 1991 Scientific Coworker, Ruhr-University Bochum,  Projects within DFG-SFB ‚Mineral content, structure, and evolution of the continental lower crust ‘
• 1991 - 1995 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Ruhr-University Bochum, Projects within DFG-FG ‚High-pressure metamorphism in nature and experiment ‘
• since 1996 Senior Research Scientist, GFZ Potsdam, Section 3.2 Deformation and Rheology

Education:

• 1986 Diploma Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
• 1991 PhD Geophysics (Dr. rer. nat.), Ruhr-University Bochum

Projects:

• HT-rheology, ductile failure, and microstructure evolution of lower crustal rocks
• HT-rheology and initiation of shear zones
• HT-rheology and texture evolution of iron oxides
• Influence of stress on reaction kinetics in the systems MgO-SiO₂-Al₂O3 and CaCO₃-MgCO₃
• LT-mechanical behavior of black shales