University Degrees

  • Diploma in Physics, Bonn University (Germany), 1987
  • PhD in Astrophysics, Bonn University (Germany), 1989

Academic Appointments

  • Courtesy Associate Professorship at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL – since 1997

Professional Experience

  • Binary stars: colliding winds
  • Solving industrial problems using scientific computing methods
  • Leading the Applied Optimization Working Group of the German Operations Research Society