Education and career
- Seit 2004 Deputy head of the data processing centre of IFM-GEOMAR
- 1989 – 2003 Head of the data processing centre of the research institute GEOMAR
- 1987 Dr. rer. nat., University of Kiel, Germany
- 1980 – 1989 Software developer in the company Dr. HELL GmbH, Kiel, Germany
- 1974 Diploma in Geophysics, University of Kiel, Germany
Scientific Interests
- High resolution mapping with multibeam echosounders and sidescan sonars
- Fluid flow at active continental margins
- Mapping of submarine slope failures
Current Projects
- SUGAR – Submarine gas hydrate deposits: exploration, exploitation and transport; subproject A1.1: Hydroacoustics – application of mobile multibeam systems for high resolution surveys of gas hydrate deposits (together with the company L3-Communications ELAC-Nautik, Kiel)
http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=sugar - SFB-574 – subproject A1: Tectonics, fluid flow and slope stability revealed with multiscale mapping methods
http://www.sfb574.ifm-geomar.de/php/goto/A1_Description/index.php?cc=407 - MASS - Morphodynamics and slope stability of the Andaman Sea shelf break
www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php; - Iceflow Activity revealed from submarine morphology – mapping glacial-morphological manifestations of a retreating ice-front
http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=iceflowactivity
