Vita
  • 1949 born in Stetten im Remstal, grown up in Kirchheim unter Teck.
  • 1976 diploma in physics, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; diploma thesis: "A study on the New Tamm-Dancoff Method in solid state physics";
    thesis director: Friedrich Wahl.
    Studies beyond the field of physics:
    theology with Eberhard Jüngel and Jürgen Moltmann, philosophy with Walter Schulz.
  • 1981 Dissertation in Theoretical Physics at ETH Zürich: "Quantum mechanical notes on thermodynamics"; thesis director: Hans Primas.
  • 1977-1979: DAAD scholarship;
  • 1979-1983: scientific assistent at ETH Zürich,
  • 1983-1984: at the University of Zürich.
  • Distinct scientific teachers in Zürich:
    • Hans Primas, Theoretical Chemistry and Physics; 
    • Res Jost, Konrad Osterwalder, Klaus Hepp: Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Physics;
    • Jürgen Moser, Mathematics; Ernst Specker, Mathematical Logic;
    • Paul Feyerabend, Theory of Science, Constructivism.
  • 1984-1987 Scholar at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Theoretical Physics; Irish research scholarship, supplemented by a DFG scholarship (German Research Foundation). Cooperation with John Lewis and Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh.
  • 1987-1988 Visiting professor at the II. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University Hamburg, with Rudolf Haag; research professorship.
  • Since 1988, one of the Academic Directors in the Study Foundation Villigst (Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst), Schwerte which funds and assists gifted university and Ph.D. students. Responsible for the application department; since 1996 for the Ph.D. student department. Promoting and advising university students and PhD-students of all fields. Multi-disciplinary seminars.
  • 1998-2013:
    • Responsible for the Villigst physics Ph.D. research cluster "Interaction" (Wechselwirkung), in cooperation with the university professors Detlev Buchholz, Göttingen (2008 Max-Planck medal), Klaus Fredenhagen, Hamburg, Andreas Wieck, Bochum;
    • Responsible for the Villigst Economy Ph.D. research cluster "Globalization and Employment", in cooperation with the university professors Hans-Michael Trautwein, Oldenburg, Harald Hagemann, Hohenheim.

    • 2006 Honorary professor at the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Südwestfalen in the department informatics und natural sciences, Iserlohn. Inaugural lecture at January 17, 2006: "Bose-Einstein-Condensation of Photons. A new Technique for Photovoltaics."

    • Lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen in physics.

  • 2014 Retiring as Academic Director in the Study Foundation Villigst.
  • Since 2014, independent scientist.
  • Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Berlin;
  • lectures in the summer terms 2016, 2017: "Interdisciplinary approaches to the foundation of quantum theory".