Physicist, graduated 1986 at Technical University Berlin/Germany. PostDoc at Lash-Miller-Laboratory at University of Toronto Canada (1986/87)
Director of Section NDT in Civil Engineering at BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing) in Berlin/Germany between 1989 and 2018.
Involved in numerous national and international research projects on the development of NDT&E methods: LIBS Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy; Ultrasonic Pulse Echo for Concrete; Radar for Concrete and Masonry; Scanning Impact-Echo; IR Thermography (transient); Moisture Measurements in Concrete and Masonry; Optical surface scanning; Statistical methods; Data analysis (time-frequency analysis, adaptive filtering); Distributed sensor networks for concrete structures; Corrosion identification with GPR
Application of methods: Testing of bridges; Automation of methods; Combined methods (data fusion); Testing of historical structures;Information, Education, Standards; Validation; Reference specimens
Guest scientist at CSIR-SERC (Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai) within Humboldt Reciprocity Research Award 2006

Past member and chairman of national and international committees (DGZfP, TRB, ACI)
Organizer of NDT-CE 1995,2003 and 2015 in Berlin/Germany and other national conferences and workshops.
Since retirement consultant in NDT in Civil Engineering.